hiring freeze on all city departments has been in effect since last year, when city officials eliminated 54 positions over the course of the next year in response to projected declines in revenue and increasing expenses.
The impact on the police department was a cut in more specialized departments, such as elimination of the DARE program and cuts in the Crime-Free Housing Unit so officers could be assigned to street patrol.
At the Police Training Institute in Champaign -- the state's biggest law enforcement academy -- enrollment went from 538 in the 2008 fiscal year to 296 the next year.
Cops not immune to economic downturns :: The Courier News :: Local News
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