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The results are in for the City of Plymouth’s public safety survey.
In March, the City informed the public that in order to keep pace with the growing community, the Plymouth Police Department needed to hire additional officers.
To gauge public interest on the matter, Plymouth put out a survey for residents.
The results of that survey show that over 1,300 residents participated, a 32.4% response rate. 35% of respondents noted that they found it very important to increase the number of officers at Plymouth PD, while 34% saw it as somewhat important.
Financially, to hire five new officers, promote one to lieutenant, and purchase three new squad cars to accommodate the additions, the City determined it would cost an extra $1.1 million a year.
To fund this increased budget, the City believes the passing of a referendum is the best long-term solution.
In the survey, public support of the over $1 million referendum received mixed to positive support.
25% of respondents voted “probably yes” on support of the referendum, and 22% voted “definitely yes”; however, 53% of those who filled out the survey were “undecided”, “probably no”, or “definitely no.”
With the release of the survey results, the City of Plymouth noted, “The Council is currently evaluating whether to place a referendum question on a future ballot. Additional updates about a potential referendum will be shared with the community as relevant.”
Full survey results are available by visiting plymouthwi.gov.
