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Police staffing debate focuses on academy classes, laterals and civilianization as the committee seeks savings
Summary
Supervisors debated reducing or delaying one police academy class, increasing laterals, and accelerating civilian hires to save roughly $1M–$2M without undermining minimum staffing; the controller recommended converting two civilian hires to personnel‑analysts and a fuller civilianization review by December.
A central portion of the committee’s hearing focused on San Francisco Police Department staffing proposals, training classes and a push to increase civilian hires as a way to return sworn officers to patrol.
Chair Jacob Goldrick proposed eliminating the smallest of three scheduled academy classes (a 40‑recruit class) to save salaries projected at roughly $2 million annualized; supervisors discussed alternatives including delaying the March class by two months (estimated savings ~$650,000), increasing laterals…
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