TMs proposed staff increases

Here are the TMs proposed increases in staff:Personally, I'm concerned about an increasingly tough economy... one in which we'll almost certainly see less funding from the state. So I have to wonder about all these increases in staff.

As for the PD... FBI guidance is used. If I recall correctly, they recommend 2.1 officers for every 1,000 residents. So depending on whether you include the prison (which does impact the police) you can count 26,000 or 29,000 residents in town. Either way, the town's 48 sworn officers (4 mgt & 44 union) are fewer in number than the 55 to 62 as recommended by the FBI. As for whether adding two officers would reduce overtime costs, my understanding is that it would not. However, it would free up the "specialty" officers to perform their specialty roles. I think an example of a specialty role is a detective.

Tim White