From the StarTribune:
If the council approves the plans later this month, the department will lose 26 civilian positions, 21 crime prevention specialists, the mounted patrol and the police activity league. The chaplain corps, which works at tense crime scenes and notifies families when a loved one has died, is also on the chopping block. Even the employee assistance program will be a bare bones operation.
The cuts Dolan described Monday at a council committee hearing are on top of a $3 million deficitfrom this year's budget that Dolan needs to make up.
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Council Member Gary Schiff and Ostrow both expressed disappointment over the chief's choice to cut crime prevention specialists, who handle nuisance properties and work with block club leaders to handle so-called livability crimes.
"I just got four e-mails today that people wanted me to forward to a specialist," Schiff said. "Who would I sent them to?"
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