Here's a Helluva Rumor

The best rumors have at least a hint of what sounds like the truth in them....and this one has a bunch of stuff that sounds truthful:

• Last week at HQ was like the hunger games when it comes to these budget cuts and infighting among the chiefs. So far these are some measures they want to take to boost manpower and save some money since hiring will be slowed as will promotions:
• Mounted unit very well will be gone.
• K9s will be lowered by attrition, since it’s testable, you can’t get rid of them, but promotions and retirements will not be filled. Existing handlers on the streets will fill any vacancies for bomb dogs in the future at the airports. Street K9 handlers will eventually be phased out.
• Tac teams will only have 3 teams of 1 Sgt and 8 officers for each, no more 10 teams and no more extra 06, 64 or 65 teams etc.
• only 4 DCO officers per district who will report to the caps Sgt. No more DCO sgt.
• No more SDSC sgt, the watch commander on the watches will handle those personnel.
• CIRT won’t change,
• narcotics to lose 2 Sgts and 16 POs and gang investigations to lose 1 Sgt and 10 POs. Vice to be depleted to almost nothing. Intel will be reduced to 2 task force teams and that’s it.
• CAS team to lose officers back to patrol. No more abandoned building officers, any complaints will go from caps direct to TBU who will address any building troubles.
• Vehicle budget to be slashed by 25 percent. Tact vehicles that won’t be used now because of the cuts in personnel will go to any other unmarked needs like BCT or the detective division. Only marked cars to be purchased in 2026 except for exempt vehicles.
• Overtime will be gutted. Overtime budget getting cit from 100 million to 60 million which is only 5 million per month for the entire department. Normally, we are 16-22 million per month as a department.
• Court section will have no more full duty officers, it will all be covered by light duty POs and Sgts. HQ is trying to find 40 officers to take out of HQ back to the districts that can be filled by light duty or callback personnel.
• Academy has to find 30-40 officers to send back to districts.
• Robbery and carjacking task forces are losing 1 team each and the detective division has to find 20 POs who are NOT detectives to go back to patrol. Detective admin spots will be filled by light duty people if available.
• There will be a major shuffle of light duty and callback officers coming to fill full duty admin spots including in the districts as watch secretaries and SDSC spots.
• Even with all those cuts they are talking about, we’re still doomed.

Now THAT is a rumor worth discussing. In fact....in....wait a minute....wait....seriously?

This actually sounds like stuff that we've been suggesting and that our readers have been commenting on for twenty f#$%ing years already.