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Police report cites reforms after 2025 assessment, lingering vacancies and Prop P funding shifts
Summary
Chief Brinkley and deputies summarized a 2025 operational assessment and reforms (pursuit policy tightening, early warning for use-of-force, evidence-room upgrades), reported clearance rates above national average, and discussed staffing: the department is budgeted for 231 sworn positions and reported roughly 24–29 vacancies; oversight committees described how Prop P/Prop PD revenues are being applied to wages, equipment and hires.
Chief Brinkley presented the results of a 2025 operational assessment by the Legal and Liability Risk Management Institute and outlined department changes aimed at accountability, transparency and legal defensibility. "We convene a working group to review and revise our pursuit policy, and we really emphasize on restricting pursuits for low level offense," Brinkley said, describing updated supervisor oversight and automatic termination of pursuits if supervisory contact is not made.
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