After slashing police budgets last year under intense pressure from activists, mayors of the country’s three largest cities have decided to increase funding this year, in the face of a nationwide jump in crime.
Chicago, which has the nation’s second-largest police department, is poised to pass its 2022 budget on Oct. 27. The spending plan boosts law enforcement funding by $200 million over last year’s $1.7 billion, and much of the increase will cover police salaries.
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Cara is an Orange County, New York-based Epoch Times reporter. She can be reached at [email protected]
