By Marc L. Verville,  Sunset Park resident who is Chair of the City's Audit Subcommittee

City has chosen to manage this issue in a political fog by not following through with any independent analysis of just how many police officers Santa Monica actually needs.

Like many other contentious issues in Santa Monica, the City policy preference is to avoid hard, objective third-party metrics used in transparent analyses that foster clear decisions, progress measurement, accountability and the ability to course correct when needed.

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