"I think that having more tools in the toolbox is great, but I will say I also have experience with horses in my past and they're not cheap," Kamei said at the meeting."
""They're really really expensive and once you get them on, it's very very difficult to just make them go away. This year we had to cut senior food and we were scrambling to find some dollars here and there."
""We explicitly deferred this already once to take the time to do the research because, at the end of the day, even if we're uncomfortable, we ultimately are asked to make a binary decision," Mahan said."
San Jose City Council voted 6-4-1 to delay reinstatement of the Police Department's Mounted Unit until next year's budget approval. The Mounted Unit had operated for more than 100 years and was disbanded in 2018 because of financial and staffing constraints. Councilmembers supporting the delay cited a projected $25 million deficit and competing budget priorities such as senior food programs. Supporters, including the mayor, police leaders and business advocates, said mounted patrols would provide a visible, humanizing police presence downtown. Opponents questioned effectiveness for issues like break-ins and raised civil liberties and historical concerns about horseback policing.
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