There s a big agenda for the York City Council Tuesday night. A vote on the removal of the decades old police hiring cap is at the top of the 15-item agenda.
The little-known hiring cap, which dates to the 1960s, limits the department to 100 full-time officers unless the position can be funded via external grants.
"Horrific," was how York City Mayor Michael Helfrich described it. In fact, York s homicide rate last year topped the rates in nearby, similar-sized cities as well as far larger metropolises.