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Officials cite lower overtime, more summonses after police reforms; residents debate leadership and complaints
Summary
Council and the public clashed over policing at the Oct. 21 meeting: borough officials summarized reforms and statistics they say show improved performance, while some residents pressed for a permanent police chief and criticized prior leadership.
Council members and the public devoted a substantial portion of the Oct. 21 meeting to policing, reform progress and differing public assessments of department leadership.
A speaker identified in the record as the public-safety committee representative summarized the borough’s response to a 2021 Ambrose Group review and said the department has implemented every recommendation. “Every single thing that was outlined in that report has been addressed and corrected,” the speaker said, and credited…
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