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SFPD proposes $533 million budget, seeks hires and e-citations as commission presses for data
Summary
The San Francisco Police Department presented a $533 million FY2015-16 budget proposal that emphasizes hiring to meet mandated sworn staffing, major IT projects including e-citations, and continued high staffing costs; commissioners pressed for detail on training, workers' compensation and data storage before the Board of Supervisors review.
The San Francisco Police Department on March 11 outlined a proposed $533,000,000 budget for fiscal year 2015-16 and a multiyear staffing plan aimed at restoring sworn ranks to the mandated level.
Budget director Carolyn Welsh and department leaders told the Police Commission the department expects $413,000,000 of that total to come from the City general fund, with the remaining revenue made up of state and federal grants, special revenue and charges for services. "88.6% of our budget is salary and fringes," Welsh said during the presentation, noting that labor costs dominate the department's expenses.
Why it matters: the department is pursuing an aggressive hiring schedule to close a gap in sworn staffing. Presenters described a hiring plan of three academy classes per year, about 50 recruits per class, and said the department expects to reach mandated staffing sometime in 2017 if…
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