The union leader for the U.S. Park Police is warning that visitors to American landmarks are facing unsafe situations due to lawmakers leaving the agency underfunded.
As left-wing leaders around the country pushed a movement to 'defund' their local police departments, the U.S. Park Police quietly saw staffing levels drop and a strain on resources behind the scenes as one of the country's oldest law enforcement agencies continues to ask for more resources, according to union leaders. The agency, which primarily safeguards national monuments in Washington, D.C.
The Park Police are also responsible for Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York — federal property where thousands of migrants are being sheltered. The USPP has just two officers available to police the shelter, which has caused an uptick in crime in the surrounding community, Spencer said.
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