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Police chief seeks 24 officers and more support staff under 10-year Project 35 plan
Summary
Chief Anthony Sizemore outlined Project 35, a 10-year police staffing and infrastructure plan aiming to return department staffing to regional benchmarks; he asked for near-term hires (24 officers) plus supervisory and professional staff to reduce structural overtime and backlogs in forensics and records.
Chief Anthony Sizemore presented Project 35, a 10-year plan that defines what the Cape Coral Police Department would look like in 2035 and reverses-engineers annual hiring targets to reach that endpoint. "Every thousand new residents generates approximately 850 calls for service annually," Sizemore said, explaining growth-driven workload increases.
Sizemore said the department would need about 198 officers on the street by the benchmarking method used;…
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