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A Richmond City Council member lambasted Police Chief Alfred Durham on Tuesday for what she described as a lack of police presence in her district more than a month after the council approved a budget that allocated money for 15 additional officers — a stopgap for the more than 40 officers that Durham says he needs.

Durham appeared at a meeting of the council’s public safety committee, which is headed by 8th District council member Reva M. Trammell, to address questions about staffing needs.

But before Durham could start his presentation, Trammell ripped into the chief about the number of officers patrolling her district, particularly along Jefferson Davis Highway, where she said prostitution is so rampant that constituents are being propositioned on their way to work.

“I don’t live in a $100,000 neighborhood, but I don’t want it in my $35,000 neighborhood, either,” Trammell said during the meeting. “I’ve got prostitution. I’ve got drug dealing. I’ve got break-ins. ... Where are they? Where are the officers?”

Durham said it’s too late to be asking these questions, reminding her that six times during the negotiations leading up to the adoption of the fiscal year 2017 budget, which begins Friday, he had pleaded for more officers.