CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Albemarle County Police needs more officers on patrol and to redraw staffing district maps to better address the growing number of calls it’s asked to respond to, according to a third-party study that will be presented to the county’s Board of Supervisors on Wednesday.
Emergency Services Consulting International studied data from 2020-2025 for both ACPD and the county’s Fire Rescue department.
The police report also recommended examining the department’s call for service model, increased nighttime shift supervision and funding an over hiring process to fill vacancies more quickly…