By Craig Harris, The Republic | azcentral.com
The League of Arizona Cities and Towns is forming a task force to recommend how communities should deal with the growing costs of funding pensions for police officers and firefighters.
Rene Guillen Jr., legislative director for the group that represents 91 incorporated cities and towns, said communities do not have money to hire additional public-safety officers “because it’s all going out to pensions.”
He added that cities and towns also are transferring funds from other departments to hire more police and firefighters because of the problem.
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