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Toccoa police seek shift differential and new equipment to aid recruitment
Summary
Assistant Chief Charlie Littleton proposed a one-hour shift differential for overnight officers (6 p.m.–6 a.m.) to help recruitment and retention and asked for funding for firearms and earpieces; K-9 spending fell due to last year’s one-time purchase.
Assistant Police Chief Charlie Littleton told the commission the department is seeking a one-hour shift differential for officers on the 6 p.m.–6 a.m. shift "to help with recruitment and retention." The FY2027 budget as presented includes funding requests for new firearms and earpieces; the K-9 line item was reduced because the department made a one-time K-9 purchase in the prior year.
Commissioners discussed the recruitment rationale and asked staff to provide cost estimates tied to the differential and the equipment requests so they can be considered alongside other departmental priorities during the budget process.
