Confidence in chief luis velez. Letts reased after the survey byoth the chief and the union each highlight a ne for more officers. Union president keh rh calculates the city would have to hire at least 100 new officers just tcatch up with avegetaffing levels at departments arnd thetate. Ty manager sam azad says every city departmenealing inneeds. Eigy to 85 percenur budget is penel cos and en you see a lot of vacancie and thatasappened througho the country, itnopeculiar here, you ze those vacancies and use that money to lanc the budget. Odes told us t union memrs will n formally ld a vote of no confidence because majority onity Council Backs th chie if youd like to rd up on al hek d forth over t o idcesu. U n nd tseocuments on our websitkoaa. Com colodo singsice departme. Is ring after arly 40 years of service. Commander Fletcher Howard of the stetn Hills Division joined the police force in 1977. He was promoted to commaer in 2008. Howard was also the sohern rado regional ordinator for