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Freezing LAPD Hiring Would Save City $69.3 Million

By  Zach Behrens
Published Feb 2, 2010 11:00 PM
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That amount of savings is more than laying off 1,000 non-police city hall jobs, which would save the city $65 million. The proposed cuts to police translates to "canceling plans for hiring 103 officers and laying off 616 probationary officers in the academy and the department," according to the LA Times. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City Council last year vowed to keep policing levels current at 9,963, but a budget crisis--now $218 million--is making that promise more difficult to keep.

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