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Police chief defends command‑staff reorganization and backs agreed budget cuts
Summary
Chief Gascon described a reorganization creating three assistant chiefs and decentralized operations; the department accepted $3.096 million in analyst reductions but supervisors probed MOU implications, recruitment reserves and how pay‑concession language affects savings.
Chief Gascon presented the Police Department's restructured senior command and explained why the department believes the structure is necessary to implement reform, improve investigations and strengthen internal discipline.
Under the new alignment the department consolidated investigations and patrol under an operations umbrella, created an assistant chief to run the chief of staff functions (including internal affairs and early‑intervention systems), and kept a high‑level…
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