Eureka police reports improved staffing

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Eureka police reports improved staffing

During a report to the Eureka City Council, Police Chief Brian Stephens said the department’s once-critical staffing levels have since cooled off. “We have made significant strides in recruitment, filling vacancies and increasing staffing to levels we haven’t seen in years,” he said during a presentation. Recently, the police department saw a “severe shortage,” of officers, according to a December 2023 letter to the community from the Eureka Pol…