{"id":46044,"date":"2026-04-09T20:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=46044"},"modified":"2026-04-09T20:43:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:43:02","slug":"la-mayor-karen-bass-ditches-lapd-growth-plan-as-sworn-officers-hit-25-year-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=46044","title":{"rendered":"LA Mayor Karen Bass ditches LAPD growth plan as sworn officers hit 25-year low"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Mayor Karen Bass<\/a> is dialing back her once-ambitious plan to rebuild the Los Angeles Police Department, now aiming simply to stop the bleeding.<\/p>\n

The force has dropped to 8,677 sworn officers, its lowest level in nearly 25 years<\/a>, and the mayor now admits her earlier goal of restoring staffing to 9,500 officers is out of reach for the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal changed, unfortunately,\u201d Bass told the Los Angeles Times<\/a>. \u201cI do hope that one day we get to the expansion, but we are not there now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass flanked by Chief of the LA Police Department Jim McDonnell. AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

City officials are bracing for a budget deficit projected in the several hundred million range, with Bass set to unveil her spending plan on April 20 ahead of the new fiscal year beginning July 1.<\/p>\n

Negotiations with the City Council are expected to focus on avoiding layoffs and preserving core services, the LA Times reported.<\/p>\n