Phoenix Police Units Lost Amid Job Freeze
Arizona Republic: “The Phoenix Police Department has 500 fewer officers than previously projected for 2011, and with two precincts having just opened, Public Safety Manager Jack Harris said”
Arizona Republic: “The Phoenix Police Department has 500 fewer officers than previously projected for 2011, and with two precincts having just opened, Public Safety Manager Jack Harris said”
Arizona Republic: “Phoenix will not hire any new police officers or firefighters until the summer of 2013 to balance public-safety funds that have been running a deficit because of the recession. Funds from three voter-approved sales-tax increases dedicated to paying for police and fire ended the 2009-2010 fiscal year with an $18.4 million shortfall, city officials said.”
Arizona Republic: “With the city in the middle of a budget crisis, Sgt. Trent Crump acknowledges it’s probably a bad time for the Phoenix Police Department to break in a new $4.15 million surveillance plane. Crump said he understands the plane likely will raise eyebrows among residents, because Phoenix also is eliminating jobs and cutting employees’ pay.”