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Lima police, fire departments to add new positions
By Josh Ellerbrock - jellerbrock@limanews.com
LIMA After a year of cuts and attrition, the City of Lima is looking to increase its staff of police officers and firefighters to pull down overtime spending and improve public services.
During Lima City Council’s finance committee budget hearing held Wednesday night, safety service chiefs discussed the need for the positions after a hiring freeze initiated in wake of the coronavirus pandemic has kept each department from having full staffs.
As Police Chief Kevin Martin explained, prior to March the Lima Police Department had requested a budget for 86 police officers, but attrition throughout last year has depleted the number on staff down to 73 officers in total by September.
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