The city of Chandler’s daylong April 26 budget briefing didn’t produce many new revelations about needs, expenses or planned purchases or projects. However, it did include some eyebrow-raising numbers — for a variety of reasons.
Chandler’s police department request for Fiscal 2025, which runs July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, is slightly more than $101 million. Almost $87 million is for salaries and benefits for the department, which has about 338 sworn officers and 182 civilian employees.
Combined with about $10 million in Fiscal 2024 capital costs, the overall budget for Chandler Police will be almost $111 million — a 6.07% increase from the Fiscal 2024 adopted budget.
