Mayor holds firm on cop hiring

Even as Los Angeles overspends by nearly $1million a day, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa insisted Tuesday he will continue to block any effort to reduce hiring for the Los Angeles Police Department.Daily News.

The mayor said he will fight a proposal to stop the expansion of the department this year, which would jeopardize Villaraigosa's goal of having a 10,000-member police force.

"There are those who say there is no connection with our growing the police department and the drop in crime," Villaraigosa said. "I say they are wrong and I will do everything in my power to prevent them from cutting the police department. It would break the compact and commitment we made with the residents of this city when they agreed to impose the trash fees to hire more police."