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Chief: department has operated below authorized strength amid attrition
Summary
Council members and the police chief discussed that the department had at times operated with roughly 52–53 officers due to attrition and turnover, a shortfall the chief said had occurred within roughly the past year.
A council participant asked how long the department had been functioning with 57 officers, and the Police Chief acknowledged that operational staffing had been lower than the authorized total. "Probably, at at 1 point, we were operating with about 52 or 53 officers," the chief said, and added the lower level was driven by attrition and turnover.
The chief estimated that the period of lower operational staffing occurred "within the last year" and characterized recent hiring and cadet pipeline activity as steps to return the department toward authorized strength. The transcript does not record a formal staffing timeline beyond those statements.
