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Committee trims police command staffing and seeks confidential briefing on mayoral security costs
Summary
The committee voted to achieve attrition savings equal to 0.75 of a commander position in the Police Department and accepted several budget-analyst recommendations; supervisors also pressed police leadership for budget detail about protection/security allocations and the department offered confidential briefings for sensitive operational information.
The Budget & Finance Committee approved attrition savings equivalent to 0.75 of a Police Department commander position and accepted a set of budget-analyst recommendations after extended discussion of command staffing, public-safety priorities and transparency.
Assistant Chief Jim Lynch told the committee the department concurred with three budget-analyst items (about $3.04 million in adjustments for specialized services, materials and attrition-related salary savings) but said it was not prepared to accept a recommendation to…
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