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Who's the Boss? Concerns over police budget reveal leadership vacuum
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Who's the Boss? Concerns over police budget reveal leadership vacuum

The police department budget is the second largest single department budget behind public schools, and $900,000 more than than last year, but City Councilors say they don't know what's in it

David McNair
Mar 4, 2021
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In recent coverage by the Daily Progress and Charlottesville Tomorrow about City Council's concern over the proposed Police Department's new budget [$18.9 million], one thing that isn't directly stated, but is implicitly clear, is that Charlottesville, like so many cities across the country, has long allowed its police department to function without any…

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