CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago’s financial crisis is at the heart of City Hall.

A hearing Friday focuses on the police department’s budget as the city faces a budget shortfall of nearly billions of dollars.

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This comes after The City Council voted to shut down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed property tax increase of 300 million dollars.

The City Council meets with various departments to discuss their needs when it comes to the city’s budget.

Chicago police leaders are speaking to council members Friday as they work to figure out how to close the city’s budget shortfall and pass a budget before a year-end deadline.

Mayor Johnson’s current proposal includes a plan to cut 400 CPD vacancies.

And some community groups are critical of what Police Commissioner Larry Snelling has proposed so far for his department.

A group was speaking outside City Hall Friday morning, discussing things like funding increases for SWAT teams and the marine/helicopter unit.

“I lost my brother to gun violence. I found him lying in the driveway with a gunshot wound to his chest. I remember the trauma, the loss and the feeling of being left to pick up the pieces myself. I didn’t need more police . . what we needed was support, we needed mentors and resources that could help prevent tragedies like this from happening in the first place,” said Reynia Jackson of GoodKidsMadCity.

The mayor said he stands by his “values” of no layoffs or cuts that “invest in people.”

But the CPD funding Johnson wants to cut would help the department with a federal consent decree established after the police shooting of Laquan McDonald.

ABC7 Chicago obtained a letter from Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul sent to the mayor through a Freedom of Information Act request.

It said the city risks “being convicted in court for not complying with the consent decree.”

Johnson defended his police reform efforts, saying the city has hired more detectives to create better oversight.

On Thursday, 32 councilors were also expected to table an amendment to include gunshot detection technology in the 2025 budget.

The proposal is for $15.8 million for gunshot detection technology.

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