Detroit budget proposal would cut $52 million from police, fire

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I don't have the budget docs handy but I bet most of those depts. being zeroed out were funded primarily by state and federal funds. If that's the case, they'll have little or no benefit to the city's bottom line.

Here is the PDF: http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/pdf/C4187887412.PDF