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East St. Louis lays off eight police officers
In a letter released Wednesday to staff and media, East St. Louis City Manager Alvin Parks announced eight police officers are being laid off effective October 28.
Parks said that the police layoffs are “temporary but indefinite.” The layoffs would reportedly leave the East St. Louis police department with 44 officers, representing a 15 percent reduction in force.
Parks told the city council in September that he would be laying off 17 firefighters and eight police officers, but then delayed layoffs citing union negotiations.
Parks now appears to have negotiated with the firefighters union to reduce costs in other ways.
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