Brent Cagle

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2,705 appearances 14 recordings 3 series first heard Sep 2023 last heard 28 May

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Charlotte Council Committee Discussions · Council Committee Discussions on 2025-09-02 5:30 PM - Sep 02, 2025 · 2 Sep 2025 meeting

accurate information and we will release that shortly. voice-verified

Yes, ma'am. voice-verified

So when I began my interim position with CATS in basically the beginning of 2023, voice-verified

We immediately started evaluating our security resources, and that led us to selecting a new vendor and increasing the spending. voice-verified

So that has been a continuous increase in spend since 2023, leading us to where we are today. voice-verified

Yes, voice-verified

Yes, so today, and I'll give you rough numbers, I'm sure Lee and Eric can give you exact, but today the contract allows for approximately 218 total personnel and voice-verified

PSS is currently at 186 personnel with a hiring plan to continue or to reach full staffing over the remainder of this year into the fall. voice-verified

I will say that there's two challenges to staffing and to our new approach. voice-verified

One is it's just hard to hire. voice-verified

This is a difficult job to hire, but the second is as we think about, and there's more information in the Q&A on this, as we think about the skills needed to approach security from a transit policing standpoint, voice-verified

That requires a higher level of training of the staff than simply saying here's your post, stand there and report out if you see something going on. voice-verified

So I will say Lee and his team are working through that. voice-verified

They've developed those training programs and they are actively putting people through hiring and putting people through the training as we speak. voice-verified

That is correct, if possible. voice-verified

It was done during 2024, so before. voice-verified

So I will answer that based on the folks I have talked to who are law enforcement professionals or security professionals. voice-verified

The individual, Mr. Brown, did not present any indications that he was suffering from a mental health break at the time. voice-verified

And so, again, from what I've been told, we do not believe so. voice-verified

We do not believe so. voice-verified

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