City of San Diego is losing about 20 police officers per month, about 190 have already left this fiscal year. Is this a result of the unpopular 'Defund the Police' movement? In 2021, crime and murders also increased in the City of San Diego.
announcing a scary increase of murders in San Diego City Parks.
The SDPOA is calling on Mayor Todd Gloria and City of San Diego leadership to step up and do something about the problem. Former San Diego Mayor and KUSI Contributor, Kevin Faulconer, explained on Good Morning San Diego that when our officers “don’t feel supported by their elected officials, when they aren’t given the tools and resources they need to be successful, unfortunately, we’re going to see what we’ve seen this past year in San Diego.”
Faulconer remembers a time when he was Mayor of San Diego, and protesters chanted outside his house for days, “defund the police,” but he refused to be intimidated, and increased the City of San Diego Police budget that year to give SDPD the help and support they needed.
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