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Chief asks for four officers, new patrol vehicles and equipment upgrades

Collegedale City Commission · April 27, 2026
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Summary

Collegedale’s police chief requested four additional patrol officers to cover deployments and prepare for growth, proposed switching most fleet purchases from Durango/Chrysler products to Ford Explorers, and outlined software, equipment and training increases tied to the personnel request.

Chief Sapp (Chief Sapp, speaker 9) presented the police department’s budget request focused on staffing, training, equipment and fleet replacement.

The chief said the department seeks four additional full‑time officers to maintain response capacity while two current officers face military deployments and to prepare for continued city growth. "With asking with the 4 officers... we normally budget for 1 or 2 a year, so that's gone up to 4," he said, explaining training, academy costs and equipment purchases drive increases in multiple line items.

He described software and records costs that contributed to…

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