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Huntersville police chief details crime trends, staffing shortfalls and recruitment push
Summary
Chief Barry Graham told the board Huntersville’s five‑year UCR trend is steady despite a 2023 anomaly, reported 28 sworn vacancies, and outlined recruitment steps including a Huntersville‑specific BLET partnership with CPCC and requests for two supervisory roles to improve oversight.
Chief Barry Graham told the Huntersville Town Board he wanted to “give a clear snapshot” of the police department’s current condition, emphasizing staffing, measured crime trends and investments needed to keep pace with growth.
Graham said the department uses a five‑year view of Uniform Crime Report (UCR) data to avoid reacting to single‑year spikes; he described 2023 as an anomaly that appears to be the result of isolated incidents rather than a sustained trend. He said some part‑2 categories showed upticks driven by single offenders and one high‑profile case at a local business, underscoring why staff focus on multi‑year patterns rather than year‑to‑year fluctuations.
On staffing, Graham reported 28 current sworn vacancies and said recruiting has begun to stabilize: seven…
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