LAPD Chief Pushes Back Over City’s “Ambitious” $150M Budget Cuts For Police; Funds Intended For Communities Of Color

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LAPD Chief Pushes Back Over City’s “Ambitious” $150M Budget Cuts For Police; Funds Intended For Communities Of Color
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Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore today has responded to the city’s proposed $100 million-$150 million cuts for the 2020-21 police budget

. No stranger to deft power plays, Garcetti’s announcement Wednesday of the cuts to the LAPD’s massive budget clearly reflect some backroom realpolitik that allowed Moore to keep his job and Garcetti to rein him and the department in, at least on the bottom line.Los Angeles Curfews Lifted: City, County & Local Governments Cancel Restrictions After Several Nights Of Lockdowns

In that context, Moore’s words over the LAPD’s $1.8 billion dollar budget today reflect another heave in the tug-of-war of the civil bottom line, as well as signal of how police will react to reform through the usually generous public purse. Many of those out in the streets in cities all over America this past week have advocated defunding police departments for the violence perpetrated against communities of color.

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