The Lamesa Police Department is getting a little bigger and the city’s staff will see one of their own promoted from part-time work into a full-time schedule as a result of action by the Lamesa City Council on Tuesday evening. Council members agreed to hire two new police officers to focus on drug and gang-related crimes. They also approved moving an employee up to full-time status to work on finances and grant applications. Their decision for more law enforcement officers comes less than two weeks after the city saw its first homicide this year. The Aug. 30 shooting incident at an early morning ...