Deal on LAPD hiring

In an abrupt reversal, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday appeared to back a plan to freeze hiring at the Police Academy at least throughout the rest of this year.Daily News.

Villaraigosa had previously denounced the idea of a freeze at the Los Angeles Police Department, adamant that the size of the force be maintained at 10,000 officers.

But in a news conference Monday at LAPD's Topanga Station in Canoga Park, Villaraigosa sided with the City Council's Public Safety Committee, which has recommended not hiring cadets in November and December to help reduce the LAPD's record $129 million budget deficit.