Defund the Police’ Backfires, Cities Ramp Up Funding to Fight Crime Surge
Multiple United States cities that defunded their police departments in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death have begun reallocating funds to their law enforcement agencies in an attempt to fight growing crime rates a…
Multiple United States cities that defunded their police departments in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death have begun reallocating funds to their Law Enforcement agencies in an attempt to fight growing crime rates a year after slashing critical police spending money, the New York Times reported.
According to the New York Times, local policymakers in cities from New York to Los Angeles voted to boost spending on Law Enforcement.
The New York Police Department received an additional $200 million in funding.
The Los Angeles Police Department got a 3 percent hike in their budget allotment, according to the Times.
Burlington, Vermont, is reportedly handing out $10,000 bonuses to police officers to remain in their jobs.
Burlington is the city where Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders served as mayor before embarking on a congressional career.
The Times report pointed to “rising levels of crime in major cities last year, the exodus of officers from departments large and small and political pressures” as the reasons for these cities’ change of mind.
As previously reported by The Western Journal, ever since the May 2020 demise of George Floyd, the ensuing defunding of police departments in several cities across the country resulted in skyrocketing rates of murder and other violent crimes.