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Council debates police, fire trade-offs: hiring classes, emergency-incident technicians and proposed helicopter purchases
Summary
Budget hearings zeroed in on police and fire budgets, with sharp debate over proposed class sizes and cuts to support staff, elimination of emergency incident technician positions in the Fire Department, and a $18 million bond plan for two new police helicopters.
Los Angeles City Council members spent extended time reviewing proposed changes to Police and Fire budgets under the CEO27s savings package, discussing how reductions and swaps would affect frontline services and specialized units.
The most contested items included: reductions of non-sworn police support positions, a plan that would cut roughly 403 non-sworn positions under one option, and a parallel proposal to reduce some Fire Department support roles (including 42 emergency incident technician positions) while preserving sworn firefighters.
Why it matters: Council members warned cuts to support staff can reduce the capacity of sworn officers and…
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