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$39 million dollars in debt, the city can’t pay the LA County Sheriff’s Office for police services, and they fired their third city manager in five years a few months ago.

Even as Compton’s financial situation crumbled, the city continued to pursue a costly plan to reopen its Police Department, which had been disbanded years before as a cost-saving measure. The city spent more than $1 million on equipment for the new department, only to kill the idea when officials realized that it was cost-prohibitive.