What warning does LAPD chief, Charles Beck, offer in the last paragraph of the reading?

a. He would step down as chief if the police force was reduced to 9,000.
b. If sales tax were not raised, the city could not increase the police force to 12,000.
c. The LA police force would have to be reduced if the city could not make budget.
d. The police force would have to be reduced based on insufficient evidence that a higher police presence was
reducing the crime rate.


c. The LA police force would have to be reduced if the city could not make budget.

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