Police Department brings back 150 officers
After laying off 150 officers last year in a major cost-cutting effort, the Detroit Police Department has hired 27 back, bringing the total number of rehires to 104. The beleaguered department saved $113 million by enacting the 2005 layoffs.
After laying off 150 officers last year in a major cost-cutting effort,
the Detroit Police Department has hired 27 back, bringing the total
number of rehires to 104. The beleaguered department saved $113 million
by enacting the 2005 layoffs.
Exceprt:
Resident Charles Wise Jr., 70, is glad the department rehired the
officers. “The streets should be safer,” he said from his porch, less
than one block from the police training academy where [Chief]
Bully-Cummings swore-in the officers.
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