DeKalb County politicians are using a June police academy to debate the 2011 budget.
The County Commission cut $33.6 million from the budget, including $4.8 million from the police department. In response, Police Chief William O’Brien postponed the June police academy, which included 40 recruits.
Last week, County Commissioners said the June academy is back on and no officers or recruits will be cut.
On Tuesday, O’Brien said he has not received any additional funding for the academy, which costs about $2.7 million.
“I’m still acting under the pretense that my budget has been reduced 4.5 percent based on what the commissioners adopted,” he said. “In no way do I want to cut any officers or future officers. But at this point, I have not been told that the commission is providing me funding to hold this class in June.”
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