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Police chief outlines hiring plan, technology and staffing priorities in budget update
Summary
San Francisco’s police chief presented the department’s FY2014–15 budget outlook, emphasizing hires to rebuild sworn ranks, technology rollouts including smartphones and e‑citations, a 50‑camera body‑worn pilot and capital needs; committee members pressed for continued academy classes and local recruitment.
Chair Mark Farrell convened the Budget and Finance Committee hearing Wednesday as the Police Department presented its proposed budgets for fiscal years 2014–15 and 2015–16. The chief said total all‑funds revenue for 2014–15 was given in the presentation as “536.995” with $45,200,000 identified as public safety sales‑tax revenue and additional state and federal grants supporting gang intervention, DNA backlog clearance and DUI enforcement.
The chief said salaries make up the bulk of expenditures—about 88 percent—and described work orders that assign officers to other city entities (airport, MTA, port, PUC, library, HSA, Moscone Center and DPW graffiti abatement). He reported progress on a multi‑year hiring plan intended to restore…
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