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Police report: open‑records requests and call volume surge; chief urges adding staff
Summary
Committee heard a detailed police operations report citing a rise in open records requests (13 to 113), a 186.29% increase in cases since 2019, rising calls per day (about 4.6 to 13.2) and high overtime; staff recommended adding personnel or considering referendum funding.
An agency official presented the department’s operations report and urged the committee to address staffing as calls and administrative demands increase. The presenter told the committee, “We've gone from 13 to 113” open records requests and later summarized operational strain: “So it's a 186.29% increase in cases from 2019 to now,” which the presenter said equates…
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