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Committee approves plan to fund additional sworn police recruits, with amendments

Los Angeles City Budget and Finance Committee · January 21, 2026
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Summary

Committee approved a staffing plan that would fund 130 additional sworn officers this fiscal year—bringing the projected annual total to about 410—paired with staffing‑class adjustments and an analysis of overtime‑bank savings to offset costs.

A City committee approved a recommendation to fund additional sworn police recruits that would increase annual hiring to roughly 410 officers if the council adopts the recommendation.

Staff said the adopted budget had funded 240 recruits and allowed up to 280 with supplemental steps; the proposal before the committee would provide funding for 130 more sworn officers, bringing the year’s total to 410. Staff identified roughly…

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