It's going to take a lot of work for the police department to figure out how it will make do with a million dollars less this year.
Chris Waldshutz, who chairs the Police Commission, tells CHSJ news decisions will not be made willy-nilly.
As for the fear there will be fewer officers on the streets of the city when all the number crunching is done, Waldshutz tells CHSJ News it's his personal opinion that prospect is improbable but there won't be any cuts made until there has been careful analysis because you don't want to do anything that will harm intelligence led policing which has been responsible for substantial drops in the crime rate.
He adds the budget cut at the police department could have been as high as 2 million dollars.
The Police Commission will be meeting tomorrow night and while the budget cut will likely be discussed, there won't be any firm plan in place dealing with it.
