Denver mayor defunds police to take care of illegal border crossers.
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Sweet link and post. Assuming you got your news from Fox, this is the context from your Fox article:
A spokesperson for Johnston rejected descriptions of the cuts as "defunding" the police and said there will be 167 new police recruits added to the force in 2024. The spokesperson also said the 1.9% cut is less than the average of 2.5% cuts to all city agencies and that the cuts will have no impact on public services and result in no officers being taken off the streets.
"The City of Denver's adjustment to the Denver Police Department's budget was carefully crafted with safety leaders and Mayor Johnston to ensure there would be no impact to the department's public services. And no officers will be taken off the streets," spokesperson Jordan Fuja said.
"To say that Denver is 'defunding the police' is a willful mischaracterization of the budget adjustments, which actually just delays the purchase of new furniture and shifts the funding source for one cadet class," he said. "In fact, Mayor Johnston has invested millions to add 167 new police recruits to our force in 2024 and will continue to invest in public safety to ensure every Denverite is safe in their city."
Under the plan, the Denver Police Department budget would be cut by approximately 1.9 percent, or $8.4 million, mostly from not hiring any new recruits for positions that are currently open, according to Denver NBC affiliate KUSA. The fire department's budget would see a $2.5 million reduction, less than 1 percent of its budget.
By Friday, the plan had sparked outrage from conservatives who argued that it was an example of a "Democrat-run city" attempting to "defund the police" after it was reported on by several right-wing media outlets like The Daily Wire and The Daily Caller. Fox News host Sean Hannity referred to the cuts as "liberal lunacy."
www.newsweek.com
By Friday, the plan had sparked outrage from conservatives who argued that it was an example of a "Democrat-run city" attempting to "defund the police" after it was reported on by several right-wing media outlets like The Daily Wire and The Daily Caller. Fox News host Sean Hannity referred to the cuts as "liberal lunacy."
Denver to cut funds for police, city agencies to address migrant influx
A spokesperson for Denver Mayor Mike Johnston told Newsweek that the cuts would have "no impact" on public safety services.
www.newsweek.com
You used to call that "Draconian austerity" when Paul Ryan suggested such things.Under the plan, the Denver Police Department budget would be cut by approximately 1.9 percent, or $8.4 million, mostly from not hiring any new recruits for positions that are currently open, according to Denver NBC affiliate KUSA. The fire department's budget would see a $2.5 million reduction, less than 1 percent of its budget.
By Friday, the plan had sparked outrage from conservatives who argued that it was an example of a "Democrat-run city" attempting to "defund the police" after it was reported on by several right-wing media outlets like The Daily Wire and The Daily Caller. Fox News host Sean Hannity referred to the cuts as "liberal lunacy."
Denver to cut funds for police, city agencies to address migrant influx
A spokesperson for Denver Mayor Mike Johnston told Newsweek that the cuts would have "no impact" on public safety services.
Denver's revised draft budget for 2024 is $4.06B.
"Following the Police Collective Bargaining agreement, the 2024 Police budget includes a 4 percent (merit, for uniformed officers) increase starting on January 1, 2024." [pg 40]
Public Safety [Begins on pg 683]
2023 Appropriated: $611,055,215
2024 Recommended: $655,617,966
(Increase of $44,562,751, or 7.29%)
It also seems, from this article, that programs aren't being cut, it's that costs are being paid from somewhere else:
"Other concerns revolved around how long Johnston's so-called "newcomers" program would last and how it would be funded next year. Adams said some of that is still up in the air since some money was found from one-time sources and budget actions this year may be applied to 2025, such as the airport paying for a public safety recruit class and using the 911 trust fund to pay 911 operators."
It hardly seems like they've stripped down the police to pay for the illegals. Even if they did really cut $4M in funding and not replace it, which they didn't, they can probably still operate w the remaining $651M.
"Following the Police Collective Bargaining agreement, the 2024 Police budget includes a 4 percent (merit, for uniformed officers) increase starting on January 1, 2024." [pg 40]
Public Safety [Begins on pg 683]
2023 Appropriated: $611,055,215
2024 Recommended: $655,617,966
(Increase of $44,562,751, or 7.29%)
It also seems, from this article, that programs aren't being cut, it's that costs are being paid from somewhere else:
"Other concerns revolved around how long Johnston's so-called "newcomers" program would last and how it would be funded next year. Adams said some of that is still up in the air since some money was found from one-time sources and budget actions this year may be applied to 2025, such as the airport paying for a public safety recruit class and using the 911 trust fund to pay 911 operators."
It hardly seems like they've stripped down the police to pay for the illegals. Even if they did really cut $4M in funding and not replace it, which they didn't, they can probably still operate w the remaining $651M.
"Some' money was fundraised, the rest will come from other spots in the budget.
