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This is a disgrace.  There are many ways that communities can keep themselves safe and laying off their police is not one of them.  The first thing they have to do is look at their retired officers compensation package.  If they are paying a high retirement then they need to consider a renegotiation.  The purpose of a police department is to provide safety to the citizens, not a retirement for the police.

Then look at police pay and benefits.  Can they be cut to a lower level?  It is better to cut pay 15% than to cut officer strength by 10%.  The officers still have a job and public safety is not endangered.  Cut police administrators and staff positions.  Make your captains into lieutenants and your lieutenants into sergeants.  Freeze promotions or limit them to only a few per year and don't replace all your positions with people of equal rank when a position becomes open.

Look at moving jail operations to a private company or contracting with another agency.  Jail operations can even become a income producer.  Have a small upscale jail and invite rich people to stay there at their own expense.  It's worth a couple thousand dollars a day to avoid the general jail population to some people.  Drunk drivers serving weekends and other similar offenders might be willing to pay for a room upgrade.  Don't lay off officers, it's bad for the department and it's bad for the community; that's what the SGT Says.