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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
There's also the political aspect. What mayor wants to be seen cutting or even refusing to fund requests from police departments?
If their request gets denied, they will sometimes, work to undermine the local government. In Chicago, for example, after being forced to wear bodycams they didn't like, cops started to simply not respond to calls or would show up and stay in the cruiser. Of course, crime goes up and then they blame those "Democratic politicians".
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I think that tide is changing. Vancouver Police are whining about a proposed 1% cut to their budget this year. Everybody is suffering in this economy, why should they be spared a
ONE PERCENT cut?
Their budget has been increasing faster than the overall city budget for a decade+. Something has to give.