Citizens to Speak Out Against Proposed Police Budget Cuts, at Supervisors Meeting

Members of the  Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) are scheduled to speak at the Board of Supervisors meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday. The group will speak out against proposed cuts to the Fairfax County Police Department.

Speakers are Leslie Jenuleson, Ray Powers, Bill Uehling and Sue Hotto who are members of the Chief's Council of the Fairfax County Police Department.

At last month's CAC meeting, First Lieutenant William Jacoby — assistant commander for Franconia District Police Station — briefed residents on possible cuts, including cutting four station logistic technicians (SLT).

At the moment, there are eight SLTs — one for each police district. SLTs are responsible for equipment and supplies inventory, maintaining police cruisers (average of 16 cars per week taken to and from the county garage for maintenance and repairs) and other duties around the district police station.

CAC members are speaking out against cutting the positions because officers would be taken off the streets to fill in, said Hotto, of the CAC, in a recent email.

The CAC members will also speak to the Board of Supervisors about reduction by 1 percent of what the FCPD currently contributes to their retirement to have it become more equal to other groups and restoring compensation adjustments for all county government employees.

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