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LAUREN GILGER: The Phoenix City Council is scheduled to take action on a new budget later this week. The largest chunk of the general fund more than $786 million is proposed for a department some say doesn’t deserve it. KJZZ’s Christina Estes joins me now to talk about calls to defund the police department. Good morning, Christina.CHRISTINA ESTES: Good morning, Lauren.
The front entrance at Phoenix police headquarters.
As Phoenix leaders consider a budget that starts July 1, Vice Mayor Carlos Garcia continues pushing to reduce funding for the police department.
The proposed budget includes new civilian positions to handle an increase in public records requests from the police department. Garcia questioned whether they need to be police employees.
“Is there a potential for these 75 position to have or in the future live in other places?” he said.
That could be evaluated, said Assistant City Manager Jeff Barton who pointed out that certain databases require in-depth background checks that don’t apply to other departments.