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Macedonia highlights expanded emergency services: drones, body cameras and patrol grant
Summary
Mayor Nick Molnar reported rising emergency calls, the expansion of a 10-member drone team, a $32,000 grant for saturation patrols and phased deployment of body-worn cameras and in-car systems to improve public safety and evidence collection.
Mayor Nick Molnar used the State of the City address to emphasize recent public-safety investments and operational changes after several years of growing service demand.
Molnar said the fire department's incident totals rose from 3,533 (Oct. 2023) to 3,688 (Oct. 2024) and to 3,973 (Oct. 2025), an increase he described as an 8% year-over-year rise. He highlighted mutual-aid arrangements with neighboring communities for overlapping calls and praised crews for response performance.
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