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Grand Rapids Police Chief David Rahinsky wants to use a portion of the city’s budget to hire additional officers to improve community relations.
Tuesday, Grand Rapids City Commission earmarked $1 million a year for the next five years to go toward police and community relations.
Right now, GRPD says they have roughly 100 fewer officers than they had 20 years ago — which means even officers who are assigned solely to community policing are answering everyday calls just to keep up.
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