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Feb 20, 2009 9:17 am US/Pacific

San Bernardino Orders Unpaid Police Furloughs

SAN BERNARDINO (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: The City Council's 4-1 vote on Thursday orders 10 percent pay cuts for officers so the city can avoid police layoffs. (File)
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Unpaid police furloughs have been ordered by San Bernardino leaders in an effort to close a $9 million budget gap.

The City Council's 4-1 vote on Thursday orders 10 percent pay cuts for officers so the city can avoid police layoffs.

Mayor Pat Morris says it's the best of a list of bad choices to plug a $9 million gap in the city's $150 million general fund budget. Furloughs, he says, avoid layoffs in the Police Department.

Police union president Rich Lawhead says furloughs are a contract violation and the union will sue. Lawhead said the furloughs decrease the average officer's workday by an hour.