Source: New York Post
A cash-strapped California city is slashing police department staff — sparking warnings that critical evidence could pile up, arrest paperwork could stall and criminal cases could get caught in the crossfire. Hollister, a Democratic-leaning city grappling with a financial squeeze, has axed civilian police employees and a captain, prompting alarm from the local police association over potential disruptions to basic law enforcement operations. One major challenge involves 33,000 pieces of evidence that still need to be transferred between reporting systems, according to the Hollister Police Officers Association.
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