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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/us/what-does-defund-police-mean.html

What Would Efforts to Defund or Disband Police Departments Really Mean?

2020-06-08 00:00:00, Dionne Searcey, New York Times

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/Law & Government/Public Safety/Law Enforcement

Word Count:
629

Words/Sentence:
20

Reading Time:
4.19 min

Reading Quality:
Intermediate

Readability:
11th or 12th

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Victor J. Blue for The New York TimesJune 8, 2020Updated 5:17 p.m. ETMINNEAPOLIS – Across the country, calls are mounting from some activists and elected officials to defund, downsize or abolish police departments.

A veto-proof majority of the Minneapolis City Council pledged on Sunday to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department, promising to create a new system of public safety in a city where law enforcement has long been accused of racism.

In Eugene, Ore., a team called CAHOOTS – Crisis Assistance Helping Out on the Streets – deploys a medic and a crisis worker with mental health training to emergency calls.

Calls to defund police departments are generally seeking spending cuts to police forces that have consumed ever larger shares of city budgets in many cities and towns.

Minneapolis, for instance, is looking to cut $200 million from its $1.3 billion overall annual budget, said Lisa Bender, the City Council president.

Keywords
George Floyd Protests, Police, Police Misconduct, Budget, Police Brutality, Minneapolis Protests, Budgets and Budgeting, Police Shootings, Black Lives Matter

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