The push to cut up to $150 million at the LAPD gets a hearing today from the L.A. City Council& #39;s Budget & Finance Committee. Here& #39;s our look from Friday at how those cuts could work https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-19/lapd-cuts-city-council">https://www.latimes.com/californi... w/ @AlpertReyes

Among the big-ticket questions is whether to take the LAPD below 10,000 officers, by no longer hiring to replace every officer who retires or resigns in the coming year. The 10,000-officer question has been kicking around for quite a while https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2013-apr-28-la-me-lapd-10k-20130429-story.html">https://www.latimes.com/local/la-...

Another question is how, and by how much, to cut overtime. In the city& #39;s proposal, almost half of the reductions would come from LAPD sworn overtime that& #39;s not reimbursed by other agencies, such as the Metro transit system

The meeting should be available here https://lacity.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=103&event_id=13041">https://lacity.granicus.com/MediaPlay...