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Police and public works chiefs outline equipment, staffing and safety priorities for University Park
Summary
New public works and police leadership highlighted immediate operational needs: new plow trucks, sinkhole repairs, technology upgrades for the police (body cameras, evidence audits and a fly-camera system), and staffing shortages affecting service levels.
New public-safety and public-works priorities were the focus of reports to the University Park board on March 24, where department leaders outlined equipment upgrades, staffing constraints and near-term plans.
Antoine T. Russell, introduced at the meeting as public works director, said he had been on the job 16 days and described immediate operational priorities including sinkhole repair on Drively Road, storm cleanup after recent windstorms, storm-drain cleaning and a "patch-by-block" strategy for pothole responses. Russell noted the department was operating with a seven-person crew for a community of roughly…
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