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Police department cites staffing gaps and seeks 1.5 FTE tied to projected 2,500-person growth
Summary
Officials told the Civil Service Commission the department has short-term staffing gaps from medical and critical-incident leaves, aims to complete a strategic plan by October 2025, and plans a mid-biennial staffing request around the end of July to add positions, citing a projected 2,500-population increase.
An agency official told commissioners the police department has not finished a new strategic plan and expects to complete it by October.
"We hope to have that done by, October this year," the agency official said, noting the department has experienced medical and critical-incident leaves that reduced its roster and forced reliance on overtime.
The official said the department will propose additional staffing in the mid-biennial budget request at the end of July, with implementation likely the following January if approved. Staff described the proposal as a way to reduce overtime pressure and support retention.
A presenter cited planning-department projections for incoming housing and said those projects imply roughly 2,500 additional residents. "For the homes that are coming in, both condos, apartments, and houses, we know staffing, the population is gonna go up 2,500," the presenter said, and added a request for a short-term staffing increase: "I only ask to go out to the end of 27 or beginning of 27, and that's 2,500."
Commissioners discussed aligning policing projections with planning data and emphasized prevention and community outreach where staffing permits. The commission did not take a final budget action at the meeting; staff said the formal request will be made through the city's biennial budgeting process.
