Colerain's Police Chief says his department doesn't have enough officers to respond to calls for service at peak times.

Chief Ed Cordie said the department's force of 58 officers serving Colerain Township's almost 60,000 residents is below the national average.

"The data points tell us we are woefully, woefully understaffed," he said. "The reason you don't see officers, the reason you feel like traffic laws aren't being enforced, is that we need more staff."

More than 40 township residents attended a townhall meeting Tuesday night, submitting questions via cards. Concerns included traffic enforcement, ways the department could use technology to free up officers for other work, how many officers the department actually needs, efforts to improve the relationship between residents and offi

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