Million$ $la$hed From Pine Bluff Budget
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Pine Bluff Police won`t be able to hire the 20 officers it needs to run at capacity.
The department will get $8.5 million to operate during the 2005 fiscal year. That`s down $1.5 million from its normal operating budget.
"I feel like we`re going backward at a time when we need to increase patrols and get the crime rate down and get things back in perspective," says Chief Deputy Ivan Whitfield.
Some of the departments` 137 officers will be moved to foot patrol.
The City`s overall budget for 2005 is $31.5 million budget for Pine Bluff.
