Prioritizing law enforcement due to incredible budget cuts that are coming is just common sense.
Unfortunately, in practice this means that local police will pursue revenue tickets from middle class drivers rather than pursuing low income (possibly illegal) violent offenders.
No sense in going after someone who will have his defense paid for by the city, and then housed in prison in the city, all paid by taxpayers, when budgets can be balanced with speeding tickets, red light tickets, and selective enforcement of DWI laws (citizens vs illegal suspects of drunk driving).