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LETHBRIDGE Lethbridge Police Service is embarking on a sweeping organizational review following a $1-million cut to the department’s operating budget in the coming year. The reduction in funding amounts to about 2.5 per cent of the total policing budget. Lethbridge police Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh says the service will now begin a review of all programs not tied to core policing. “We will not sacrifice our core policing function,” said Mehdizadeh. He added all programs and services outside of patrol and investigative teams would be on the table. LPS operates a number of community-based programs, including a school resource officer program, community and cultural liaison programs, and others.