First the fire department now PD. The city of Sacramento is looking into cutting service to save money

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911 what is your emergency? There is someone trying to break in to my home! Ok please take a number and wait to be called. That is the new proposed approach by the city of Sacramento police department. Due to the increasing budget crisis the city faces, the police department has to slash an additional $3.6M. The plan calls for cutting back on the number of police officers that patrol the streets, and will have to prioritize the emergency calls that come in.

For example if 3 calls come in at the same time and only 2 patrol cars are available the dispatcher will have to decide who is more important and the rest will have to wait. City leaders insist that public safety is a priority to them.

Recent budget cuts have also affected the fire department resulting in rotating brown out’s (closing a fire engine for 48 hrs). Recent fires happened down the street from stations that the engine was closed for the day, one of these fires ended up burning 2 homes.

I do not envy the decisions that city leaders have to make but I do encourage you to contact them and voice your concerns and share any ideas you may have to help resolve some issues.