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OCC director warns budget cuts would slow investigations, asks for staffing augmentations
Summary
Joyce Hicks, the Office of Citizen Complaints director, told the commission that a proposed reduction would cut the OCC budget from $4,000,000 to $3,700,000, risk cutting investigator positions, and asked for augmentations including four investigators, supervisory and administrative staff, and modest training funds.
Joyce Hicks, executive director of the Office of Citizen Complaints, told the Police Commission the OCC faces a challenging budget cycle and operational strains. She said the OCC's current budget is $4,000,000 and that the proposed reduction would lower it to $3,700,000, representing a 5% decrease. Hicks warned that cuts to investigative staff would worsen already high caseloads: she said OCC line investigators…
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