Politicians, pundits and police leaders across the country have blamed the rise in crime on the 'defund the police' movement. But in most places, it never happened.
Most of the more than 100 agencies analyzed by ABC7 saw increases of at least 2% in their budgets between fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2022. The LA County Sheriff's Department is no exception. But, experts say reallocating resources could actually help departments.
Of the 109 budgets analyzed, only eight agencies cut police funds by more than 2% and 91 agencies increased law enforcement funding by at least 2%.Click here to open in a new windowDespite what the public record shows, an analysis of broadcast transcripts reveals that candidates, law enforcement leaders and television hosts discussed the impact of "defunding the police" more than 10,000 times the last two years and the mentions aren't subsiding this campaign season.
Dr. Rashawn Ray, a sociologist and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told KABC in Los Angeles that the false narrative has held up because of that repetition by public officials.police departments across the country are not being defunded in any way," Ray said. "In fact, many of them have increased their budgets. Part of the reason why the defund the police narrative has stayed around is because police officers say it and elected officials say it.
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