New Cedar Falls mayor wants city to review Public Safety Officer program

  • Source: KCRG-TV ABC 9 Cedar Rapids
  • Published: 01/07/2020 05:35 AM

VIDEO: Less than one week on the job and Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green wants the city council to review the city's controversial Public Safety Officer program. The city has been slowly replacing firefighter positions with Public Safety Officers, or PSO's, which are police officers cross-trained as firefighters. The move has angered firefighters and was a big issue in the election where Mayor Green defeated incumbent Jim Brown. Just 15 fulltime firefighters remain on staff in Cedar Falls which is down from 30. Many left, saying they don't feel safe working with PSOs. One is former state senator Jeff Danielson. Firefighters endorsed Green for mayor, hoping he would bring changes to the program. Now, Mayor Green says he does not want to cut any more firefighter positions, but he stopped short of promising to reverse the program.



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