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Supervisors Debate $62M Police Budget Increase as BLA Seeks Overtime, Taser Cuts
Summary
The San Francisco Budget & Finance Committee spent hours debating SFPD’s FY2020 proposal — including a $62 million overall increase, a contested $2.37M overtime add, $1M TASER reserve and a Union Square ambassador pilot — with the Budget & Legislative Analyst (BLA) urging tighter overtime controls and the deletion of TASER funding.
The Budget & Finance Committee on June 20 wrestled through one of the meeting’s longest debates: how to fund the San Francisco Police Department’s proposed increases while reining in overtime and controversial program spending. The committee heard a detailed Budget & Legislative Analyst (BLA) report, a presentation from Police Chief William Scott and extensive public testimony.
The BLA recommended $3.12 million in reductions to the department’s FY2020 proposal, including $2.37 million to delete a proposed overtime increase; a $1 million deletion of reserve funds for electronic-control weapons (TASERs) as a policy recommendation; and a package to accelerate civilianization with offsets. The BLA told supervisors that…
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