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Police budget proposes nine new posts as department highlights reduced mental-health transports
Summary
Police leadership proposed nine new positions (five sworn, four civilian) and reviewed community-policing priorities, a 50% reduction in mental-health transports, staffing needs for school resource officers and technology specialists, and plans for training-facility and Arcadia Lake police facility work.
J. D. Younger, police chief, presented the Police Department budget, stressing community policing and partnerships that he said reduced mental-health transports from roughly 600 (five-year average) to about 300 last year. "Through a combination of legislative changes ... last year, we had 300. So a 50% reduction," Younger said.
Why it matters: The police staffing request and capital projects inform patrol coverage, school resource officer assignments and technology capacity across Edmond. Younger said personnel account for…
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