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Committee hears LAPD patrol plan update; asks mayor to fund basic‑car study

Los Angeles City Public Safety Committee · January 29, 2026
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Summary

The Public Safety Committee was presented with LAPD’s revised patrol plan and a feasibility discussion of revising the city’s basic‑car (ACAR) map. Committee members voted to note and file the report and requested that the Mayor and CAO include funding for an RFP to study a new basic car plan in the FY 2026–27 budget.

Amada Tingarides, director of the LAPD Office of Operations, briefed the Public Safety Committee on Jan. 28 on two related items requested in the mayor’s proposed budget: a review of the basic car (ACAR) plan and a revision of the patrol plan for 2025–26.

Tingarides said LAPD currently counts 168 basic ACARs across the city, generally six to 11 per patrol division, and that revising the basic‑car map would require a specialized study and an RFP because it…

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