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Budget committee cuts $5 million from SFPD budget; department says it can absorb reductions but hiring is constrained
Summary
Department officials told the Police Commission the budget committee’s measures cut approximately $5 million—mainly from uniform salaries—and removed several civilian positions; the department said no uniform layoffs are expected but no new uniform or civilian hires are budgeted for the coming fiscal year.
Ken Bukowski, the police department’s chief financial officer, told the commission on July 8 that the Board’s Budget Committee passed reductions amounting to about $5,000,000 against the police department budget, primarily through uniform-salary changes.
"The final decisions regarding the police department cuts resulted in approximately $5,000,000 reduction in the police department budget as presented to the committee," Bukowski said. He said most of that savings came from uniform salaries and…
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