San Diego Police Department pitches closing Northwestern Division

San Diego Police Department pitches closing Northwestern Division

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Among the many changes the city of San Diego is considering to close a more than $250 million budget deficit is a proposal to shut down the San Diego Police Department's Northwestern Division and merge it with other branches. The decommissioning of the division, which serves North City communities like Carmel Valley and Sorrento Valley, was one of a handful of measures pitched to shave down the department's overhead whil…