Police Commission Approves Plan to Expand LAPD
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The Los Angeles Police Commission voted Tuesday to approve an ambitious plan for expanding the Los Angeles Police Department and to request $14.9 million to begin implementing it.
The plan, which was unveiled last month by Mayor Richard Riordan, calls for expanding the LAPD by 2,855 officers during the next five years. It also proposes beefing up the department’s street presence by hiring more civilians to free up officers and by paying officers to work overtime and on their days off.
“I think it’s going to lead us into the future,” said Gary Greenebaum, president of the commission.
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