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SFPD says overtime down 71.5% as supervisors push for deeper budget cuts; crime lab outsourcing debated
Summary
SFPD Chief presented a $397 million general fund budget and said overtime has fallen from $12.7M to $7.7M (a 71.5% reduction). Supervisors pressed for firmer guarantees the reductions will hold and debated whether to rebuild, regionalize or outsource the city crime lab amid an ongoing investigation.
San Francisco Police Department Chief Gascon told the Board of Supervisors’ Budget and Finance Committee on June 24 that the department’s general fund budget is roughly $397,000,000 and that proposed cuts would reduce general‑fund spending by about $17.8 million without touching labor contracts. He said overtime has dropped from $12.7 million to $7.7 million, a 71.5% decline since February 2008, and the department has canceled a planned academy class and expects roughly 55 full‑time equivalent positions to leave through attrition.
That presentation set off detailed questioning by committee members about whether the department has the management tools to keep overtime at the lower level. Chair Supervisor John Avalos and Supervisor David Campos asked Chief Gascon to spell out the monitoring and enforcement mechanisms…
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