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Osment can be heard in the police footage chiding an officer from the back of a patrol car.

Another patrol car with two male deputies arrived.

But when county leaders repeatedly approved far smaller vehicle budgets than the department requested, sheriff’s officials chose to spend that money on other needs — such as patrol cars and specialized transport vans.

Deputies are still able to respond to calls, though they can’t run license plates or background checks from their patrol cars.

A few of the station’s patrol cars had already been sent to help battle the blazes in Malibu, leaving just a skeleton crew in Altadena.