Americus City Council weighs cameras and rentention efforts to address officer shortage

Americus City Council weighs cameras and rentention efforts to address officer shortage

The Americus City Council discussed using cameras to help compensate for the officer shortage during a recent budget meeting. Americus Police Chief Mark Scott updated the Council on vacancies at the Police Department. “I’ve been here 10 years now, and we usually have about 10 vacancies.” However, the number has fluctuated, with Scott giving 17 vacancies at the highest. Mayor Travis Rush asked if scaling back the number of openings and instead pr…