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Chief: Guadalupe patrol staffing below minimum; city plans 30-day notice for safety impact fee
Summary
Director of Public Safety Chief Cash told the council the department is operating below minimum patrol staffing, described coordination issues from the recent parade and a rescue at an encampment, and said staff will roll out a public-safety impact fee with about a 30-day community notification period.
Guadalupe’s director of public safety, Chief Cash, told the City Council on Sept. 24 that the police department is operating with fewer officers on patrol than the department’s staffing minimums and that administrative personnel have been filling patrol duties to maintain coverage.
"We are well below minimum right now as far as officers in the field," Chief Cash said, describing how management staff have stepped into patrol shifts and the city is coordinating mutual‑aid agreements…
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