Va. law-enforcement make pleas for no budget cuts
January 27, 2010 | Virginia News
More than 75 law-enforcement officials from around the state appealed to legislators and Gov. Bob McDonnell to forestall proposed cuts to their agencies.
Former Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's budget for 2010-12 proposes $270 million in cuts to sheriff's departments and commonwealth's attorney's offices, in addition to roughly $73 million in cuts to local police departments.
Officials said about 65 percent of Virginians depend on the aid the state provides to localities for their law-enforcement services.
"No local government can absorb that significant an impact and continue to provide the services we do," said Waynesboro Police Chief Doug Davis, VACP First Vice President.
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