After a wave of recruitment from both the Peoria police and fire-medical departments, the divisions are experiencing a bump in hiring.
Officials from both departments say they are in a good position to provide exemplary service in terms of staffing.
The police department is authorized for 216 sworn FTE positions, and currently has 201 filled FTE positions. Officials say that is expected to go up with seven lateral officers having recently received final job offers and expected to start in April, as well as 19 applicants in different stages of the background process.
