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Palm Bay council approves police staffing study funded by impact fees

City Council of the City of Palm Bay · February 3, 2026
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Summary

The Palm Bay City Council approved using police impact fees to pay for a comprehensive staffing study designed to inform patrol deployment, staffing levels, overtime management and future space needs; the vote was unanimous 5-0.

Stockton Reeves, executive director of the Center for Public Safety, told the Palm Bay City Council a comprehensive staffing study will analyze call volume, patrol deployment, minimum staffing, overtime use and multi-year workforce projections to help the city plan police staffing and long-term facility needs. "We do staffing studies... to answer the question: how many people are we going to need today, tomorrow, five…

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