Federal Grant of $8.6 Million Allows St. Louis Police to Save 50 Jobs
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The department had asked for $18 million in federal assistance to bring its staffing level up to 1,400. Instead it was awarded $8.6 million for fiscal 2010 that will allow it to retain a department of 1,345 officers -- roughly the same number of cops it has employed in recent years.
Budget cuts forced the police department to scramble for additional funding with the city allocating the department $147 million for fiscal 2010 -- or enough money to field just 1,295 officers.
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