PLYMOUTH — Plymouth Police Chief John Weir came before the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety to request the
hiring of a 26th officer for his department.
Discussions of hiring a 26th officer began with work on the current year’s budget. Weir pointed to staffing problems with the department now providing two School Resource Officers to the Plymouth Schools, along with providing two officers to the drug task force and having two officers in the military who train several months of the year.
Councilman Duane Culp said he supported the move but urged caution for two reasons: the recent tax bill passed by the Indiana legislature and the cost to the city of two school resource officers.
Councilman Dave Morrow also suggested approaching the school about renegotiating the contract with the Plymouth Schools that is up this year.
In the meantime, the Board voted to table the issue until their next meeting to have more time to look into the numbers.
