Thinner Blue Line: LBPOA Publication Says 19 Current LB Officers Exited This Year And A "Very Large Group" Will Retire In December

How many? We're working on getting that factoid.

In September 2009 and September 2010, the City Council (without dissent) voted to balance City Hall's spending budget by cutting 140 budgeted sworn officers. The Council's action left LB with a per capita police level roughly equivalent to Los Angeles cutting LAPD's level by over 25% of its officers.

In 2011, the Council voted 6-3 (Schipske, Gabelich, Neal dissenting) to cut roughly ten additional officers, including some gang and homeland security tasked officers (although not as many in these categories as originally proposed by the Mayor/city management). The Council majority also voted in September 2011 -- for a third year -- not to fund a replenishment police academy class to replace retiring/exiting officers.