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Police commissioners reject SFPD budget proposal, urge restoration of academy classes
Summary
The San Francisco Police Commission voted 4–1 on Feb. 22, 2012, to reject the SFPD's proposed FY2012–13 budget that follows a mayoral 5% cut mandate and includes no academy classes; commissioners said the staffing shortfall threatens public safety and asked city leaders to restore hiring.
The San Francisco Police Commission voted 4–1 on Feb. 22, 2012, to reject the Police Departmentbudget submission for FY201213, saying the mayor's directive to hold 5% cuts that eliminated planned academy classes would leave the department understaffed.
Captain John Goldberg, presenting the department's two‑year proposal, said the mayor's office directed a 5% reduction each year that, as submitted, funds no academy classes for the coming two fiscal years and requires additional overtime funding to…
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