Posted on Mar 19, 2023
Police didn't get defunded but many large departments are shrinking
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During the George Floyd protests of 2020, many people called for the defunding of traditional police. That didn't happen, for the most part. But almost three years on, some police departments are shrinking anyway.
A new criminology study of 14 large police departments found most have had an "excess" loss of sworn, full-time officers since 2020, a trend verified in core-city agencies such as the New Orleans Police Department.
In 2010, NOPD had about 1,500 officers; a decade later, it was at about 1,200. Since 2020, the department is down by another 20% to 944. Despite doubled recruiting efforts, the department continues to shrink.
"We're looking at a situation where the department this year has already lost almost 20 officers," says Jeff Asher, a public safety consultant who tracks the city's police staffing for the New Orleans City Council. "It really impacts everything. You're seeing response times that have gone from an average of about 50 minutes for any type of call in 2019 to over two and a half hours last year. And, so far, a little bit worse this year."po
During the George Floyd protests of 2020, many people called for the defunding of traditional police. That didn't happen, for the most part. But almost three years on, some police departments are shrinking anyway.
A new criminology study of 14 large police departments found most have had an "excess" loss of sworn, full-time officers since 2020, a trend verified in core-city agencies such as the New Orleans Police Department.
In 2010, NOPD had about 1,500 officers; a decade later, it was at about 1,200. Since 2020, the department is down by another 20% to 944. Despite doubled recruiting efforts, the department continues to shrink.
"We're looking at a situation where the department this year has already lost almost 20 officers," says Jeff Asher, a public safety consultant who tracks the city's police staffing for the New Orleans City Council. "It really impacts everything. You're seeing response times that have gone from an average of about 50 minutes for any type of call in 2019 to over two and a half hours last year. And, so far, a little bit worse this year."po
Police didn't get defunded but many large departments are shrinking
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Thanks for the share PO1 William "Chip" Nagel.
Interesting that the author puts for that statement, "Police didn't get defunded but many large departments are shrinking" but doesn't share any information about funding aside from this stated as a fact, but simply isn't true.
Looking at a document from "Interrupting Criminalization" that advocates for the defunding, "Over the past six months, organizers across the country have won significant victories in campaigns to reallocate funds from bloated police department budgets to meet community needs. They extracted over $840 million dollars from police departments, and secured investments of at least $160 million dollars in communities. They removed cops from schools in over 25 cities, saving an additional $34 million for investment in meeting student and community needs."
Not sure the author of the article did any research because just a casual search on the internet turned up dozens of links regarding funding cuts. Yes, many of those departments had increased funding put into their FY22 and FY23 budgets over backlash because of crime spikes, but for the author to pretend it didn't happen ... gaslighting to the max (so if you get shot and then patched up, you never got shot?)
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Interesting that the author puts for that statement, "Police didn't get defunded but many large departments are shrinking" but doesn't share any information about funding aside from this stated as a fact, but simply isn't true.
Looking at a document from "Interrupting Criminalization" that advocates for the defunding, "Over the past six months, organizers across the country have won significant victories in campaigns to reallocate funds from bloated police department budgets to meet community needs. They extracted over $840 million dollars from police departments, and secured investments of at least $160 million dollars in communities. They removed cops from schools in over 25 cities, saving an additional $34 million for investment in meeting student and community needs."
Not sure the author of the article did any research because just a casual search on the internet turned up dozens of links regarding funding cuts. Yes, many of those departments had increased funding put into their FY22 and FY23 budgets over backlash because of crime spikes, but for the author to pretend it didn't happen ... gaslighting to the max (so if you get shot and then patched up, you never got shot?)
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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