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

To cut LAPD's budget by $150 million, reduce officer ranks below 10,000, report says

Cutting LAPD spending has been a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles and other grass-roots group and labor unions

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-19/lapd-cuts-city-council

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

LAPD's 'magic number' of 10,000 officers losing some luster

LAPD's 'magic number' of 10,000 officers losing some luster

https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2013-apr-28-la-me-lapd-10k-20130429-story.html

Another question is how, and by how much, to cut overtime. In the city's proposal, almost half of the reductions would come from LAPD sworn overtime that'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

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