KRON4 security guard dies from injuries after attempted armed robbery

In approving a $3.8 billion, two-year city budget, the council actually increased the police department’s spending by $9 million from $665 million to about $674 million, according to a staff report. As a result, the police department’s share of the budget will now be 18% instead of the current 20%.

But the amount approved was $18 million less than what Schaaf had proposed in the original budget she presented to the council.

So the City Council that you describe as having defunded the police in fact increased police funding, and the Mayor that you describe as having defunded the police wanted to increase police funding by even more than that. I have that right?

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