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The union claims the city had “ample time” to pay up; the union said they are calculating individual back pay for each of the 8,800 sworn officers
The long processing times were called into question last year when a man was convicted of a 2021 rape weeks after killing a woman in 2022
“If things don’t change, it’s going to be bad for Jefferson County,” Deputy Clint Bowden said
Police Chief Hollie Chadwick stated that although they have enough patrol officers, the PD lacks roles like PIOs, cold case detectives and animal control
“Both professions are good at recruiting members in but are lacking in adequately preparing members to exit out.”
The academy often loses recruits who come unprepared or get sick or injured; but this year, many have changed their minds about becoming officers
“It’s important for us to be able to show that we’re being innovative, we’re using new recruiting techniques — things that set us aside from other agencies,” Sgt. Todd Grager said
The discourse surrounding the crisis in police staffing has omitted an unsettling emergent pattern: the steady erosion of democratic protection through the privatization of safety
The state has given more than 3,350 bonuses to new or newly transferred officers since the program’s launch