Buscaino wants 1,300 more cops — and plans to pay for them using existing city funds
LA TimesCity Councilman Joe Buscaino, shown in June, has proposed boosting the LAPD ranks to 11,000 officers if he is elected mayor. Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino said Thursday he would seek a major expansion of the Police Department if elected mayor, taking the LAPD up to 11,000 officers by 2027. Buscaino, one of several candidates running to replace Mayor Eric Garcetti in next year’s election, said additional officers are needed at a time when homicides and other crimes are increasing. “But you need to really say, ‘Well, how are those officers deployed?’ ” Trujillo said his boss is assuming that each additional officer would cost the city $150,000, including healthcare and pension costs. In 2013, mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel announced that she wanted to add another 2,000 LAPD officers — and planned to free up the money by cutting waste and “setting priorities.” Her opponent, then-Councilman Garcetti, panned Greuel’s proposal, calling it financially unrealistic.
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