LMPD, Mayor Fischer unveil dashboard for public to track progress on police reform

The administrative people make the budget, which is why they've done this a couple times in recent years. They obviously plan to hire more civilians who won't need KLEPF or equipment.

It's a lot easier to accept federal grants when they can claim they're paying for the LMPD administrative expenses when there's a patrol officer and detective shortage, and nobody available to pay for additional work on the street. They can cut a check for some new software, computer, camera, drone, or whiz bang thingamajig like shotspotter very quickly and easily. That's the whole reason they put the homeland security Lt in administrative services. All they do is collect grant money, go to meetings and participate in the useless fusion center circlejerks where they give you their latest theory on the space nazis coming from the moon to attack us or whatever else is in vogue in Washington this month.