New police officers now on patrol

By Angela Hokanson, Bay City News Service

June 5, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) -- The San Francisco Police Department is growing and will continue to grow in fiscal year 2006-2007 if San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's proposed budget for fiscal year 2006-2007 gives any indication.

Forty new officers graduated from the San Francisco Police Academy on Friday and are already on the street, according to police spokesman Dewayne Tully.

Another 46 officers are expected to graduate from the police academy in November. And an additional 50 recruits have been hired and will start at the police academy later this month, Tully said.

The mayor's proposed budget allocates enough money to hire 250 new police officers during fiscal year 2006-2007.

The department is always looking for new recruits, Tully said.

The starting salary of a San Francisco police officer is $64,347.

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