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Troutdale committee reviews preliminary budget plans to 'ramp up' police staffing

Public Safety and Equity Advisory Committee · May 8, 2026
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Summary

Committee members heard a preliminary outline that the next fiscal budget could include up to four patrol vehicles and initial hires for a police chief and lieutenant, with a possible follow‑on year adding two sergeants, eight officers and a half‑time records position if the plan proceeds and council approves.

The Public Safety and Equity Advisory Committee reviewed preliminary elements of the city’s proposed approach to expanding police services at its May 7 meeting.

The Chair described the preliminary budget request as a staged program: purchase up to four patrol vehicles in the upcoming fiscal year, hire a police chief and later a lieutenant; if the approach proceeds and funding holds, the following year could include two sergeants, eight…

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