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Chief warns of staffing shortfall; Supervisors authorize COPS grant application
Summary
Lehigh Township police chief told supervisors rising call volumes and declining traffic enforcement reflect understaffing; the board unanimously authorized the chief to apply for an upcoming COPS hiring grant and discussed phased hiring of two officers.
Lehigh Township Chief of Police Scott Fogel told supervisors April 8 that the department’s workload has grown substantially over the last decade while staffing has not kept pace, and he asked the Board to authorize a COPS hiring grant application.
Chief Fogel presented five-year trend charts showing a rise in total service calls—from roughly 9,700 in 2013 to about 16,300 currently—and said traffic enforcement and proactive patrol have fallen as the…
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