Dunwoody police chief asking for three more officers, one detective

Dunwoody’s top cop is asking the city council for enough money to hire three additional police officers as well as one more detective.

In an August memorandum published on Heneghan’s Dunwoody Blog, Police Chief Billy Grogan says his department “has done an outstanding job addressing our crime issues [but] we are still challenged with our staffing and police visibility.

“In fact, the workload of our patrol officers continues to rise as new businesses and residents move to Dunwoody,” Grogan told the city council’s budget committee. “Through June 2015, our calls for service are up 11.6 %. The department has 41.8 crimes per officer, which greatly exceeds all other agencies in our area. The Brookhaven Police Department already has 69 sworn officers which is 27.7% higher than the Dunwoody Police Department.”

Grogan says the department is “woefully understaffed.”