There are no police officers facing layoffs, but there are cuts proposed to the police department.
"So I want to make sure my staff is protected, that I feel secure, that I don't have to deal with break-ins," Delgado said. "There's a lot that we're dealing with here in downtown Sacramento, right?"
He said Sacramento's police department is already in a staffing and recruitment crisis.
Now, there are new proposed cuts that include eliminating the mounted patrol unit, terminating contracts with Regional Transit and the Natomas Unified School District for resource officers, and ending the ShotSpotter program in some parts of the city.
"This violence prevention investment pays itself back many times over," Dickinson said. "It's my highest priority for things that I want to see restored in the budget."
As Sacramento seeks solutions to a $66 million deficit. Calls of concern to find funding for some of the high-profile police programs facing cuts. The city will have to pass a balanced budget before July 1.
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