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Waco Police chief reports 2025 staffing gains and declines in several crime categories
Summary
Chief Cheryl Victorian told council Waco had 286 sworn officers (authorized 297) with 31 new hires in 2025, a 30% decrease in Group A crimes since 2021 and programmatic initiatives for 2026 including multidisciplinary crisis response and recruitment partnerships.
Police Chief Cheryl Victorian presented the Waco Police Department’s 2025 review and outlined priorities for 2026 during the Feb. 3 work session.
Victorian reported an authorized sworn strength of 297 officers and an actual sworn strength of 286, including 10 officers currently in the academy. “In 2025, we hired 31 new hires,” Victorian said, and reported 12 separations to attrition for the year. She said those staffing moves, plus recruitment partnerships (including officers teaching at Baylor University and explorer- and youth-program pipelines),…
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