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Chief Greenwalt outlines staffing, supervision and patrol changes if Oxford joins SCCRPD
Summary
SCCRPD Chief Greenwalt described proposed organizational changes — a second lieutenant presence in Oxford, two permanently assigned patrol cars there, added supervisory roles in traffic safety and a model that could add 12 officers to maintain coverage and supervision.
Chief Greenwalt described how joining Oxford would change patrol sectors and supervision: Oxford would form a '90' sector with two patrol vehicles permanently assigned and a lieutenant staged in Oxford for weekday business-hours access. He said the proposed model emphasizes supervision and continuity so officers are not repeatedly shifted between day, night and mid shifts.
Greenwalt said the regional department comprises patrol, special operations and detectives, and that adding Oxford would likely require increasing sworn counts to preserve service levels and oversight. "This would be us plus 12 officers," he said when summarizing one staffing model, and he explained the department plans staggered platoons and field training to integrate officers who choose to join from Oxford.
