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Council approves ordinance to add sergeants and form criminal-interdiction unit
Summary
The Greenwood Common Council passed Ordinance 2609 8-0 to increase sergeant and patrol positions and create a criminal-interdiction unit—one sergeant and three officers—tasked with targeting guns and drugs; the chief said the change will not require an additional appropriation.
The Greenwood Common Council voted unanimously to approve Ordinance 2609, which increases the number of sergeant positions and first-class patrol officers and establishes a criminal-interdiction unit in the police department.
"We are creating ... a criminal interdiction unit," Chief Jim Austin said, describing the unit as "one sergeant…
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