The police department's budget represents the largest portion, $621.2 million, of the city's proposed $3.7 billion 2024 budget.
SAPD Officer Roger Astin answers a call requesting the SA CORE team, consisting of a police officer, paramedic and a mental health clinician. Under the police department's current budget proposal, CORE will expand from one team that only covers the central substation boundaries to three teams that operate citywide.
These investments are required for a “modern police department” like SAPD, Police Chief William McManus said. Violent crime is down 14% so far this year compared to the same time period last year, McManus said. He largely attributed that to the city’s hot spot policing strategy, part of a The addition of 105 patrol officers, the largest batch of approved positions in the city’s history, is part of a three-year plan to add
To increase hiring capacity, the budget includes five additional police academy instructors and adds another class of cadets for a total of five classes to graduate up to 235 cadets next year, compared to 159 last year, officials said.
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