Tag: police staffing
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Colorado Springs proposes $939 million budget for 2025, including raises and more police
Colorado Springs unveiled its proposed $939 million budget for 2025 Monday, featuring pay increases and new positions for the police department, neighborhood services and sales tax enforcement. The budget is up from 2024 when the Colorado Springs City Council approved $900 million in spending across all its departments, including entities that are self-sustaining through fees,…
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Colorado Springs library staff see 911 calls unanswered as police response times remain high
When an erratic patron started threatening himself and others at the Rockrimmon Library on the evening of April 22, staff called 911 for help. Then they called again and again, never receiving an in-person response from patrol during the nearly two-hour incident. Police say the lack of response was due to a combination of factors,…