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Chief Fong warns budget cuts could threaten hiring as citywide serious crime picture shifts
Summary
Chief Heather Fong told the Police Commission at Park Station that an anticipated city deficit of about $229 million and additional projected shortfalls could force reductions; she said the department will fight to preserve multiyear hiring and civilian positions that support foot-patrol and investigative work.
Chief Heather Fong told the San Francisco Police Commission at a neighborhood meeting at Park Station on Nov. 28, 2007, that the city faces a major budget shortfall that will affect police planning and staffing.
Fong said the mayor informed department heads that the next fiscal year will start with an anticipated $229,000,000 deficit and that the 2010 cycle already shows more than $100,000,000 in projected shortfalls. "He informed us all that next year in the 'nine fiscal year, there is an anticipated $229,000,000 deficit," she said, adding department CFOs will meet with the Mayor's Budget Office and return more…
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