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Fort Pierce police chief outlines staffing plan and tech upgrades after CPSM review
Summary
Chief Smith delivered a detailed 99-day assessment responding to the Center for Public Safety Management review, listing staffing gaps, policy updates and plans for Lexipol, Power BI dashboards and recruitment; commissioners pressed for cost estimates and timelines.
Chief Smith told the Fort Pierce City Commission on Monday that his department has acted on many recommendations from the Center for Public Safety Management and outlined a multi-year plan to strengthen staffing, training and technology.
"I sent that to Mr. Chess last week," Chief Smith said of the department's new strategic plan and described work to update about 170 policies and publish a public-facing strategic plan for 2026'029. He said the department is considering a subscription to Lexipol, a policy-management platform tailored for public safety, but warned CALEA accreditation would be redundant and costly.
The chief listed several concrete staffing figures and near-term actions: the…
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