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Feds fund SF police academy class
By: Brent Begin
Examiner Staff Writer
09/09/09 8:45 AM PDT
They’ve been on again and off again like police uniforms but thanks to money from the federal government there will be a full police academy class this year.
There’s been a lot of worry over whether The City will be able to train new police officers because of major budget constraints. But funding from the aptly named Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program will change all that.
Though the class has yet to be scheduled, about 50 new recruits could expect to face the rigors of police academy this year, which is good because despite there being the charter mandated 1,371 officers now, several members are expected to retire in the upcoming years.
The COPS funding will not only pay the roughly $400,000 for a class, it will also pay the salary and benefits for those officers for three years.
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