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Council discusses police staffing trends and requests exit-interview practice
Summary
The police department reported January calls and a daytime residential burglary under investigation; council members raised concerns about recent officer resignations and asked the police committee and chief to start exit interviews to track reasons for departures.
The police report listed January activity including 1,383 calls for service, 174 motor vehicle stops, 83 motor vehicle summonses, and other enforcement details; it also recorded a daytime residential burglary on 01/31 that remains under investigation.
Council members raised repeated reports that an officer may be resigning and discussed a trend of three recent resignations over the past few years. "Have we conducted any exit interviews on any of these people?" a councilor asked, urging the department to begin the practice to understand why officers leave. Members asked the police committee, the chief and captain to pursue exit interviews and report back; the mayor asked that the matter be handled formally through the chief and in writing rather than by rumor.
Councilors noted the cost of repeatedly hiring and training officers and asked the police committee to take the item up as part of its work.
