Tag: budget cuts

If a headline read “Ambulance Services Cut to Fund Cardiac Health,” readers would shake their heads in disbelief. Would hospitals really stop responding to ambulance calls for heart attack victims ...

With a 62 million dollar shortfall facing the city of Oakland and cuts to the police department of 15 million dollars expected, a 2020 warning from the Oakland Police Officers’ ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- While the Minneapolis Police Department received budget cuts last month, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and 13 city council members are in line to receive raises this year. All ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minneapolis City Council passed a budget Thursday morning that will cut its police funding by $8 million and use the money for mental health and violence prevention ...

LOS ANGELES -- Faced with a growing financial crisis, Los Angeles city budget analysts recommended Friday that the city begin preparing for the elimination of nearly 1,900 filled positions, including ...

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Police Department in coming months will downsize its specialized units and stop responding in person to traffic collisions and other minor incidents as part ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- The Austin City Council Thursday slashed $150 million from the Austin Police Department’s budget, roughly 34 percent of the agency’s $434 million total budget. The council vote ...

A soon to be released survey of 258 police departments nationwide shows almost half have had their budgets cut amid calls to defund police regardless of an increase in violent crime, according to USA ...

SEATTLE -- Seattle police Chief Carmen Best came on strong in criticizing plans the city has for making Draconian cuts in the department's budget. On Friday she accused the City ...

NEW YORK -- The New York City City Council voted Tuesday on budget changes that shifted $1 billion from the New York Police Department to programs that assist in youth ...