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• Portland PD to move traffic, K-9 units to patrol next year to fill shifts, cut OT

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  "Even without the budget constraints, we know patrol officers are overwhelmed," wrote Chief Chuck Lovell

• Minneapolis approves $8M cut to police budget, not staffing

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  City Council had initially planned to drop the force's size to 750 officers in 2022, but reversed course late Wednesday

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• LA City Council panel seeks to scale back potential LAPD job cuts

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  A committee narrowly approved a proposal to bring down targeted cuts from 951 sworn positions to 355

• Minneapolis City Council gives initial OK to $6M in cuts to police budget

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  The move came as part of efforts to reach a deal for a 2021 budget, the first since George Floyd’s death

• Minneapolis city council divided over whether to redirect money from police

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  Minneapolis leaders must strike a deal this week about the future of policing in the city

• LA looking at layoffs for as many as 951 cops, 728 civilian jobs

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  Faced with a growing financial crisis, budget analysts recommended cutting roughly 10% of rank-and-file officers

• Denver police to get 3.5% raise in 2022 as arbitrator settles contract dispute

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  Because City Council rejected the contract, a third-party arbitrator was called in to make a decision and ended up giving police more of a raise

• Minneapolis mayor, police chief call proposed police cuts 'irresponsible'

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  Mayor Jacob Frey and Chief Medaria Arradondo pushed back on a proposal to cut the police budget by nearly $8 million amid rising crime

• LAPD requests $100 million budget increase

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  Police officials called the proposal a "bare bones" budget, while critics said it undermines efforts to shift spending away from police

• Seattle City Council OKs budget with 17% police cut

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  The city expects to reduce overtime and leave some positions unfilled

• Seattle City Council rejects push to stop police hiring in 2021

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  Councilmembers argued that a proposal to stop the hiring of 100 police officers would shrink the force too quickly

• Pittsburgh may cut 200 cops, 150 FFs, 60 medics

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  City leaders said they will need to make the cuts by July 1, 2021 if more federal pandemic relief is not received

• Boston city councilors look to police union contracts to cut $25M in OT

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  City councilors said police will need to get "creative" to stay within COVID-fueled budget cuts

• New Orleans police face $16M budget cut amid rise in violent crime

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  Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson says he'll require officers take 26 unpaid days off and cut pay for other employees by 10%

• Data shows low staffing at Seattle PD, but not that low

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  Major U.S. cities vary widely in their officer-to-population ratio

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