By Sara Beth Williams–
The Citrus Heights Police Department continues to represent the largest share of the city’s General Fund expenditures, according to a report from the city on June 11.
In a breakdown of funding allocated to the Police Department shared to the Citrus Heights City Council on June 11, the city said the Police Department will receive about $28 million for the next fiscal year and several hundred thousand dollars more the following year.
Funding for police comes from both the General Fund and special funds, with Police Department funding totaling about 57 percent of the city’s $46 million in revenue, or $26.2 million. Special funds are specific and restricted in use, bringing the Police Department’s funding total just over $28 million for fiscal year 2025-26.
The funding covers operations, including patrol and communications, and special services, which include IMPACT and Problem-Oriented Policing (POP) detectives, traffic, code enforcement, and animal services.
The IMPACT and POP teams focus on addressing chronic crime and community concerns, with proactive efforts such as drug enforcement, homelessness response, and neighborhood safety.
A line-by-line chart reveals that for this year, over $2 million in funds is allocated to the Office of the Chief of Police, $13 million toward patrol operations, and $2.7 million toward communications and dispatch operations.
For special services, the department plans to use $2.7 million for general and IMPACT investigations, $3.3 million for POP and traffic operations, just over $1 million for code enforcement operations, and $1 million will go toward animal services.
The biennial budget report shows the city also requested additional positions to be funded, including a POP sergeant. The request won’t require a new hire, as a police officer is being reclassifed to POP sergeant. However, the position does require an anticipated $37,000 in additional funding.
Citrus Heights Administrative Services Director Susan Talwar emphasized that the upcoming mid-year review, typically presented in January, will provide the public with updated figures on how money is being spent within the Police Department. Fiscal years end on June 30 each year, and the city conducts both mid-year and annual reviews of the budget.
A pie chart shared with the City Council shows 23 percent of the remaining general funds are being allocated toward administrative services, eight percent to general services, three percent to the city manager’s office, and the rest of the funds will go toward economic development and community engagement, community development, and transfers to non-general fund reserves.
The Citrus Heights City Council unanimously passed the biennial budget on Wednesday, June 11. The full budget can be viewed in the agenda packet.
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