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GILBERT, AZ — Gilbert Police Chief Michael Soelberg will present to Gilbert Town Council on Tuesday a need for $2,317,210 in additional funding for the department for fiscal year 2024, which ends in June.
The majority of the newly requested money, $1,900,000, would go to personnel - which the department says has incurred significant overtime costs due to staffing shortages and major investigations around cases of teen violence.“Obviously, as you have an influx of different cases, it does create an impact on your department, but not at the sake of another case,” Soelberg said. “We keep working all of our cases.
“Everybody’s over budget, especially the federal government so why would Gilbert be any different,” said Gilbert resident Brian Kovacs. “I think training is a bigger thing they should spend more money on, more allocation to and seek outside training not just inside interdepartmental training.”
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