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OCC director warns budget cuts could force layoffs, mediations and EIS debate
Summary
Office of Citizens Complaints Director Joyce Hicks told the commission mid‑year and next budget‑year reduction targets would force layoffs of clerical and investigator positions and might imperil the successful mediation program; commissioners asked for written numbers and to convene stakeholders on EIS mediation counting.
Joyce Hicks, director of the Office of Citizens Complaints, told the Police Commission the OCC faces a painful mid‑year reduction target and steeper next‑year targets that would require staff cuts and would slow complaint processing.
"The target for the OCC is $105,000," Hicks said, explaining that the office’s roughly $4.2 million annual budget includes about $3.7 million in personnel costs and only about $200,000 in discretionary spending.…
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