city's population has nearly doubled since then, san jose police officer's association president george beatty says tried to meet the city halfway by agreeing to a 10% cut pay r the coming year. but the mayor has told us that's not enough. >> you know, we gave you the 10%. we gave you that. you asked for buy out reform, we offered you that. i'm not sure what they want. >> the police officers association is worried about an individual officers. also concerned about how efficiently the tv will function after the loss of as many as 250 officers. while police officers are concerned about keeping their jobs just as city students are worried about getting a job. >> and it leaves me on the shorter end people with opportunities and -- >> residents are concerned that crime and violence will increase with the loss of officers. and -- there won't be as much police presence we do live in a downtown area. there are people who are walking around who aren't necessarily safe for our community, i do think that's a problem not having greater police force presence. >> already this year there have been 16 homicid