Tag: Budget Cuts: Page 12

Training

Dallas Official Urges Pullback on Police Hires Through '11

Dallas wants to scale back plans to hire 191 additional police officers this year in an effort to curb costs in a time of slumping revenue. City Manager Mary Suhm told a City Council committee Monday that she thinks the city should hire an additional 120 officers this fiscal year.

March 8, 2010

SWAT

Can Your SWAT Team Survive the Great Recession?

As a growing number of LE agencies struggle to stay afloat, it's logical that SWAT teams will feel the impact. Expect continuing cutbacks in personnel (especially full-time teams), equipment, training, and even callouts. All will be scrutinized for their "necessity." So what can SWAT do about it?

March 4, 2010

Patrol

L.A. County Sheriff: Budget Woes Make Prisoner Release 'Inevitable'

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said Wednesday it was "inevitable" that nonviolent inmates in county jails would be released early if the budget crisis persists.

March 3, 2010

Patrol

Los Angeles County Sheriff Considers Steep Budget Cuts

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is considering moving hundred of administrative deputies to patrol duties, cut overtime pay and downsize the Pitchess Detention Center.

March 2, 2010

Patrol

LAPD Chief Cuts OT, Moves Specialized Officers to Patrol

To achieve an 8 percent cut in the Los Angeles police workforce, Chief Charlie Beck moved 350 officers from specialized units to patrol duty around the city.

February 17, 2010

Training

Texas Agencies Recruit Laid-Off Tulsa Officers

Representatives from five Texas law enforcement agencies headed to Tulsa to recruit officers who were among the 127 the Tulsa Police Department has laid off since last fall.

February 9, 2010

Patrol

Budget-Strapped L.A. Considers Police Layoffs

As the Los Angeles City Council weighed options to address a $208-million shortfall, Councilman Bernard C. Parks on Monday ordered the city's top budget analyst to prepare a plan that could include layoffs of police officers and firefighters.

February 1, 2010

Training

19 Minneapolis Recruits Laid-Off During Graduation Week

Nineteen recruits hoping to join the Minneapolis Police Department received word they'll be out of work effective Dec. 22. They were scheduled to graduate from the police academy on Friday.

December 15, 2009

Vehicle Ops

Drug Forfeiture Funds May Save Topeka PD Helicopter

A Topeka city councilman wants to use asset forfeiture funds to retain a police helicopter unit that had been eliminated from the city's 2010 budget.

December 8, 2009

Patrol

Tense Fight Brewing Over Proposed Minneapolis PD Budget Cuts

Don't expect to see mounted officers controlling crowds when downtown bars close or to call a neighborhood cop on a cell phone next year, Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan warned City Council members Monday as he outlined plans to trim more than $5 million in police spending.

November 30, 2009

Training

NYPD Swamped With New Candidates, Reduced Hiring Budgets

A flood of diverse candidates are applying for patrol jobs with the New York Police Department, which has seen its hiring budget dwindle due to the impact of the recession, the New York Times reports.

November 18, 2009

Training

Laid-off Michigan Troopers Leaving State

Approximately half of the Michigan trooper recruits who were laid off earlier in the year are leaving the state or taking part-time jobs, the Herald-Palladium reports.

November 17, 2009