In late January, police officers from Reno were sent to the Ukraine to help train officers there in community policing. The five were to be gone two months.
But just a few weeks into their visit, the Reno City Council ordered them home, immediately.
Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve said the city council was never told about the trip beforehand. In addition, the Reno Police Department is down 100 officers from its peak just before the Great Recession.
Schieve said officers have told her the departure of those five officers, who are all trainers, cut into police department operations. She also said the city is trying to determine how much overtime had to be paid to cover the officers’ absence.
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Hillary Schieve, mayor, City of Reno
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