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AYO: Philly City Council is convening at 11 p.m. on a Wednesday night to move on Mayor Jim Kenney’s 2020 amended budget.
This includes drastic changes to the police department funding.
This includes drastic changes to the police department funding.
The budget amendments are passing with 5-10 seconds of public hearing.
BREAKING: According to preliminary budget docs I’m looking at, Council is seeking a $33 million reduction to the police department’s FY2021 budget.
That’s a sizeable decrease over the initial proposal https://billypenn.com/2020/06/09/mayor-kenney-walks-back-police-budget-boost-and-vows-reforms-but-not-enough-critics-say/
That’s a sizeable decrease over the initial proposal https://billypenn.com/2020/06/09/mayor-kenney-walks-back-police-budget-boost-and-vows-reforms-but-not-enough-critics-say/
The reductions to the PPD budget would maintain funding for:
• an “equity manager”
• Body-worn Cameras
• Implicit Bias Training
• mental heath services for police-assisted diversion
• an “equity manager”
• Body-worn Cameras
• Implicit Bias Training
• mental heath services for police-assisted diversion
Still lots of questions to be answered here. Story TK.
(FYI @jblumgart contibruted to this late-night reporting)
(FYI @jblumgart contibruted to this late-night reporting)
