City Budget Includes More Police And Firefighters

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The proposed San Antonio city budget includes funding for a total of nearly 100 new police officers and firefighters. The budget proposal calls for 78 new uniformed officers, for a total of almost 2,600. Fifty of the new officers would focus on violent crime prevention. Another 21 firefighters and EMS personnel are also in the budget, raising the total to nearly 1,800.


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