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Committee approves staffing and equipment requests, chief presses for more correctional officers
Summary
The committee approved a package of staffing and equipment needs including funding for two court officers, a state-funded SRO, and about 10 patrol vehicles; the chief also asked for 15 additional correctional officers to staff a new facility, citing a prior analysis that recommended 35.
The Wilson County Law Enforcement Committee approved a needs package that includes staff and equipment requests for an anticipated new court, school resource coverage, and patrol fleet replacements.
The chief told the panel the department needs two additional post-certified court officers to staff a new court expected to open in March and requested roughly $99,000 to cover about half a year of wages for those two positions. He also said an additional post-certified school resource officer (SRO) for a new school will…
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