Police staffing, funding lag in Blacksburg
April 24, 2008 | Virginia News
Town council approved four new officers and a dispatcher, but a study shows the town needs 11 new officers and four dispatchers.
As state and local law enforcement funding tightens and recruitment of officers becomes more difficult, Blacksburg police struggle to deal with rising rates of drug crime and violence that follow with the rapid urbanization of Virginia's largest town.
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