Nearly half of 258 police agencies surveyed this month are reporting that funding has already been cut or is expected to be.
," law enforcement agencies across the country are bracing for budget reductions not seen in more than a decade.
Few agencies, regardless of size, are being spared. Deep reductions have been ordered or proposed in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Baltimore County, Maryland, Tempe, Arizona, and Eureka, California. A Black Lives Matter protester is apprehended by NYPD officers on Brooklyn Bridge, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in New York. Several New York City police officers were attacked and injured Wednesday on the Brooklyn Bridge during a protest sparked by the death of George Floyd. Police say at least four officers were hurt, including the department’s chief, and more than a dozen people were arrested.
Christensen was able to hire a few officers in the last three years, but the police force has barely kept pace with the town’s growing population – up from 3,000 to 13,000 in the last two decades. The police department now has 44 employees, a slight increase over the past 20 years. The police department is cutting its budget by 8%, or nearly $1.2 million. That means losing six positions through a combination of early retirement incentives, resignations and allowing vacant positions to go unfilled, Watson said. The agency currently has about 50 employees, a staffing level that already struggles to keep up with the workload.
Regardless of the new pressures, Ed Davis, a former police commissioner in Boston who helped oversee the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, cautioned his former colleagues not to sacrifice training to balance a budget. "The problem is if you remove police from the street in large numbers, the very people that have been victimized by racial inequality are going to be the ones suffering the most.”Police stopped noticing crime after Freddie Gray's death. A wave of killings followed.For the first time in five years, and largely propelled by the recent budget cuts, the police force in Los Angeles will fall below 10,000 officers.
At least one-third of the department's calls for service, Moore said, involve people who are mentally ill or emotionally disturbed. Los Angeles is one of hundreds of police departments struggling to find more meaningful and efficient ways to respond to such calls.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
'Perfect storm': Defund the police, COVID-19 lead to biggest police budget cuts in decadeNearly half of 258 police agencies surveyed this month are reporting that funding has already been cut or is expected to be.
続きを読む »
What 'defund the police' could mean for sexual assault survivorsReclaimed police funds could be distributed to shelters, rape crisis centers, mental health services and programs to combat sexual violence, experts say.
続きを読む »
'Perfect storm': Defund the police, COVID-19 lead to biggest police budget cuts in decadeNearly half of 258 police agencies surveyed this month are reporting that funding has already been cut or is expected to be.
続きを読む »
Tesla Pulls Ahead in the Coronavirus Era After Elon Musk’s Years of StruggleFor all of Elon Musk’s public complaining about the handling of the pandemic, Tesla is shaping up to be one of the biggest business winners of the Covid-19 era.
続きを読む »
Lena Dunham says her body 'revolted' under COVID-19Lena Dunham says her body “revolted” in a debilitating month-long struggle with COVID-19.
続きを読む »
Guatemala burying dozens of unidentified coronavirus deadDozens of COVID-19 victims are being buried anonymously in Guatemala
続きを読む »