A project by Laura Melahn, Candidate for Menlo Park District 4 City Council
City department

Police

Personnel 73% of budget ($21.4M). Anticipated overtime $2.2M ($1.3M in patrol). Recruit-to-solo-patrol training: 12-14 months.

$29,259,351
Proposed spending, FY 2026-27
All funds, not just the General Fund
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Summed from gl_transactions for Police, fiscal year 2027, expense rows across all fund types. This department is budgeted for about 73 full-time equivalent staff.

What they do

Divisions

Patrol (Field OpsField TrainingTrafficParking); Investigations (DetectivesPOPCode EnforcementSRO); Records & Dispatch; Administration
Spending over time

Five-year expense trend

FY 23$21,938,214
FY 24$22,215,779
FY 25$24,620,625
FY 26$28,062,177
FY 27$29,259,351
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Expense totals by fiscal year (FY 2023 through FY 2027) from the v_dept_summary view. FY 2023 to FY 2025 are actuals; FY 2026 is the adopted prior-year budget; FY 2027 is proposed.

How decisions were made

Recent Council actions

Council decisions tied to this department's projects, newest first. Expand any item to see what staff recommended and the source document.

No Council actions are linked to Police yet. This part of the database is being expanded; decisions tied to specific projects will appear here as they are added.