Committee flags short‑term staffing, overtime impacts if officer joins task force
Committee members acknowledged the training benefits of task‑force participation but said Waterloo could drop to minimum staffing and incur overtime until replacements are trained; the committee asked the department to clarify timing and backfill plans before council action.
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Committee members said the Metro East Auto Theft Task Force offers training and investigative benefits but emphasized that sending one of Waterloo's officers to the task force would reduce local patrol staffing in the near term and likely require overtime.
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