Lots of demands from the police department and no real explanation why they can't start implementing some of them now other than we need a new building. Tumwater used to have solid volunteer reserve police officer program and chose to eliminate it. Now there is a need for volunteers. With the existing difficulty hiring commissioned officers, why have a Sergeant be in charge of the body camera program and not a civilian? We need all the commissioned personnel on the road. And the city hall expansion citizens already paid for resulted in the new police department, holding cells, offices, and training area. Now they want to spend millions on a new building. This at a time when about 10 patrol cars sit unused in the grass at city hall. Time for a serious reevaluation of priorities and an emphasis on cost savings for Tumwater Police.
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