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AP reports:
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's capital city laid off nearly one-third of its police force Friday, becoming the fourth cash-strapped major city in the state to lay off at least 10 percent of its police force in the past year.
The layoffs of 105 Trenton officers — which came in addition to the recent retirements of three officers, who will not be replaced — will help the city close a budget deficit that grew partly out of slashed aid from the state government.
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Trenton police officers salute Friday, Sept. 16, in Trenton, N.J., after they lined up their police boots after being laid off by the city. Trenton is the latest big New Jersey city to go through deep cuts to its police force. More than 100 officers were laid off Friday.
Mel Evans / AP
Twenty-year veteran of the Trenton police force, Jose Medina hugs his daughter officer Cathiria Santiago Friday, Sept. 16, in Trenton, N.J., after she was laid off by the city.
