Indiana

Where Did Your Public Safety Tax Money Go?

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Since the city won’t be hiring 100 new police officers anytime soon, you might be wondering where your public safety tax money went that was supposed to hire them?  $38 million of the tax increase went to IMPD, $10 million of that was supposed to hire new cops.  Here’s a breakdown of how it was spent.

• $13 million was spent on overtime costs.
• $8.8 million was spent on contractual salary increases.
• $1 million was spent on legal settlements.
• $15.7 million was spent on paying off tax anticipation warrants (short-term borrowing)

I told you people there was nothing in the ordinance that said money had to be spent on new cops.  I really do hate being right all the time.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on September 08, 2008 (boomark / email).