Police budget for Berlin (similar in size to LA, at 3.5M inhabitants) is about [0] $2 billion per year - that's for a region with much lower salaries than the U

Police budget for Berlin (similar in size to LA, at 3.5M inhabitants) is about [0] $2 billion per year - that's for a region with much lower salaries than the US. They employ more than twice the number of police officers (26k vs 12k in LA). And that's comparing a well funded and prestigious police force in the US - the comparison would look much worse in some poorer cities. [0]: https://haushaltsdaten.odis-berlin.de/share?modus=Funktionen https://haushaltsdaten.odis-berlin.de/share?modus=Funktionen