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Evidence doesn't seem to indicate that, given funding, the police will turn it into meaningful training: it seems to go elsewhere. From [1], a sample: > We fo
by 35fbe7d3d5b9 6y ago
Evidence doesn't seem to indicate that, given funding, the police will turn it into meaningful training: it seems to go elsewhere. From [1], a sample:
> We found that, in a two week period at the beginning of June, when the anti-racism protests began, New York City spent $115 million on police overtime, which was over four times what the city spent in the same period last year.
> $14 million went to new locker rooms. $64 million went to motor vehicles and $104 million was planned for police training. During that training, 60 hours are spent on firearm skills while just eight hours are spent on conflict management.
So the training given to police is a fraction of money spent on annual overtime, and the training that is received goes towards increasing violence.
[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/the-real-cost-of-police-nypd-actually-10-billion-year-2020-8?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/the-real-cost-of-police-nypd...
- giantg2 6y agoYeah, the biggest cost by far in any department is personnel, especially unionized personnel.
- jonathankoren 6y agoIn 2019, the NYPD spent $230 million on lawsuit settlements, including $95 million on police misconduct alone. https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/annual-claims-report/ https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/annual-claims-report/.