Area 6 of 8 · Commitments 6.1–6.4
Public Safety
Whether somebody comes when you call.
The problem
Safety here isn't an abstraction. It's whether somebody comes when you call, and how long it takes. Most residents have never seen a response time figure for their own street. And small departments lose trained officers to cities that simply pay more, which means we are training people for Tifton and Albany.
What the city actually controls
Police pay, staffing, and grant applications. Fire service arrangements. Street lighting. Not EMS — that is a county function, and a councilman cannot direct an ambulance. What the city can do is ask for the numbers, publish them, and advocate at the county.
A young person with somewhere to be on a Friday night is the least expensive policing any city ever found.
The commitments
6.1 – 6.4
Every one with a how attached, a label saying who has to agree, and where it applies, something countable you can hold me to.
6.1
Publish Response Times
Police and fire, published plainly. Request EMS figures from the county and publish those alongside.
- What it unlocks
- A staffing and coverage conversation based on numbers instead of impressions.
- Hold me to this
- Published within 90 days, updated quarterly.
First 90 daysNeeds a partner6.2
Stop Training Officers for Other Cities
Find what we pay, what Tifton and Albany pay, and how many trained officers we've lost and where they went. Bring the real numbers to council. We cannot fix a staffing problem nobody has quantified.
- What it unlocks
- A pay and retention proposal that council can actually vote on.
First yearNeeds a council vote6.3
Grant Funding for our Police Department
I think we have a good chief. Identify every federal and state law-enforcement grant we're eligible for, work with him on which ones actually fit our needs rather than chasing money for its own sake, and file them. Support, not oversight.
- Hold me to this
- At least two applications filed per year.
First yearNeeds a council vote6.4
Light the Dark Streets
Streetlight outage audit, run alongside the walking route audit. Same lights, two purposes, cheapest safety work available.
- What it unlocks
- A repair list the city can work through, and a lighting line in the next budget.
First yearNeeds a council vote
52 commitments across 8 areas.