The overall police budget actually increases from $1.9 to $1.99 billion. The budget is aspirational.To fulfill the new budgeted positions, the department would have to hire about 1,700 officers and staff by next year.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Since so many open positions go unfilled in government yearly, how come they always end up over budget?