n4voxgill
Silent Key
Here is a portion of the mayor's budget message as it pertains to public safety. Many new positions and a change to all digital radios for police and fire.
"This multi-year program will also dedicate bondable revenue to capital improvements resulting in more than $65 million in public safety projects.
Specifically, I am asking that we devote $12.1 million dollars this year and $17.9 million dollars each year thereafter to protect our citizens and visitors by funding:
· 75 additional police officers to patrol our neighborhoods and protect our children and seniors;
· Two detectives in the violent crimes section of our Investigative Bureau;
· Three new fire stations with 45 new fire personnel;
· The addition of two police sub-stations to serve the southeast and southwest parts of our City;
· Construction of a state-of-the-art, OPD training center that would ensure our officers get the most up-to-date training;
· Installation of a new high-tech, digital communication system that will soon be the standard around Orange County and will allow all of our region’s public safety departments to communicate;
· And, 13 new communication specialists who are the first people our citizens talk to in an emergency situation."
"This multi-year program will also dedicate bondable revenue to capital improvements resulting in more than $65 million in public safety projects.
Specifically, I am asking that we devote $12.1 million dollars this year and $17.9 million dollars each year thereafter to protect our citizens and visitors by funding:
· 75 additional police officers to patrol our neighborhoods and protect our children and seniors;
· Two detectives in the violent crimes section of our Investigative Bureau;
· Three new fire stations with 45 new fire personnel;
· The addition of two police sub-stations to serve the southeast and southwest parts of our City;
· Construction of a state-of-the-art, OPD training center that would ensure our officers get the most up-to-date training;
· Installation of a new high-tech, digital communication system that will soon be the standard around Orange County and will allow all of our region’s public safety departments to communicate;
· And, 13 new communication specialists who are the first people our citizens talk to in an emergency situation."