CBS Los Angeles: West Hollywood Democrats Defund Police, Hire Unarmed Security Guards Instead

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HARVEY: "Lots of talk over the past few years of defunding the police. Tonight, West Hollywood has done it, voting to reduce the number of armed deputies and using the money it saved to hire unarmed security patrols. KCAL 9's Laurie Perez is live in West Hollywood to fill us in. Laurie?"
PEREZ: "Well, Pat, it was a controversial vote and quite a turnaround. The city council actually went into budget negotiations on Monday with a proposal to add a deputy, but by the end of the meeting they had approved a budget to cut funding for five deputies, and instead hire 30 private security guards."