A department spokeswoman said there would be no comment on the report before the hearing.

A department spokeswoman acknowledged that an investigation was under way.

A department spokeswoman did not return two phone calls this week requesting information on plans to enforce the law.

A department spokeswoman cautioned against making too much of the discrepancy.

One of the officers waved a gun during a dispute, there, a department spokeswoman said.

Marilyn Mode, the department spokeswoman, said the visit was to show support to the officers on duty there.

Mr. Fraser is indeed a subject, a department spokeswoman said.

Mary Meagher, a department spokeswoman, declined to discuss the case.

He was arraigned and released on $5,000 bail Wednesday, a department spokeswoman said.

Nine more jobs will be lost next year, according to a department spokeswoman, and the department's budget is projected to drop even further, to $8.5 million.