"We need to maintain the size of our police force and grapple with the fact that even the size of our existing police force is not enough to respond to 911 calls in a timely fashion,"
"I've voted for police budgets when they have maintained appropriate levels of investment and are fiscally responsible, and that's what I would continue to do as Mayor,"
"This is what typical politicians do; they say one thing while doing another,"
"Nithya Raman's record clearly shows that she's not making the city safer."
After entering the Los Angeles mayoral race, Nithya Raman said she wants to maintain the size of the police force and acknowledged that the current LAPD cannot respond to many 911 calls in a timely fashion. The stance shifts from her 2020 'defund the police' position linked to Democratic Socialists of America support. As a council member she has balanced progressive supporters and constituents concerned about crime. Three weeks ago she voted against hiring 170 officers requested by Mayor Karen Bass. Raman said she will back police budgets that maintain appropriate investment levels and are fiscally responsible. Bass's campaign criticized her record and said those votes would harm public safety.
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