Trucking Co. Won’t Deliver in Cities Pushing to Defund, Disband Police Departments

A trucker approaches a highway patrolman in a file photo taken near Wrightwood, California, 50 miles northeast of Los Angeles on July 23, 2007. David McNew/Getty Images

An Illinois trucking company is halting all pickups or deliveries in cities that are calling to defund or disband police departments, the co-owner of the company said during an Aug. 5 interview.

Mike Kucharski, who co-owns Chicago-based JKC Trucking, said he wants to keep his drivers safe, even though it might affect the company’s revenue “tremendously.”