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Police staffing, body-worn cameras and OCC workload top police budget hearing
Summary
Chief Gregg told the Budget & Finance Committee the department is running an accelerated hiring plan to reach charter staffing levels, described body-worn camera rollout plans and detailed fleet and capital needs; the Office of Citizen Complaints requested staff and equipment enhancements to handle increased investigatory workload from cameras and officer‑involved shootings.
The San Francisco Police Department told the Board of Supervisors’ Budget & Finance Committee on April 20 that accelerated hiring, information-technology upgrades and vehicle replacement are central to the department’s FY 2016–17 budget picture.
Chief Gregg described the department’s all-funds revenue and said the department has about 2,988 total FTEs across work orders and is pursuing a substantial hiring campaign. He noted the City Charter’s 1,971 full-duty officer benchmark and said the department has budgeted 2,241 officer positions—some of which are recruits in training—and reported 1,806 officers currently at full duty. "We hired 876 police officers since 2012," Gregg said, noting retirements have reduced net gains and that the department expects to reach charter staffing on its accelerated academy schedule by late 2017 if hiring and academy throughput continue as planned.
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