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City Council approves short-term funding to keep LAPD recruit classes on schedule after months of debate
Summary
After an hours-long debate, the Los Angeles City Council approved an amended funding plan to allow additional Los Angeles Police Department recruit classes to proceed in the near term. The council asked the CAO and LAPD to return in January with a detailed plan for ongoing funding and civilian staffing impacts.
Council members voted to authorize short-term funding to cover near-term LAPD recruit classes after a contentious debate about the city’s budget priorities and long-term fiscal impacts.
The council approved an amended motion tied to agenda item 40 that identifies roughly $4.4 million in one-time-year savings and discretionary sources to fund additional recruit classes beyond this year’s budgeted 240 hires. The final roll call on item 40 as amended recorded 12 ayes and 3 noes.
Matt Szabo, the city administrative officer, told the council the funding request stemmed from accelerated hiring that has outpaced amounts the adopted budget had authorized. "The department will have exhausted the authority provided in the adopted budget," Szabo said, summarizing the CAO’s analysis that certain…
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