Law enforcement is the largest budget item for many American cities. The LAPD accounts for nearly one-third of Los Angeles’s annual $10.5 billion budget. In New York City, the NYPD budget totals more than$5.6 billion, surpassing what the city spends on health care, homeless services, housing, and community development combined. Should we rethink law enforcement spending?
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https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/2017/econ/local/public-use-datasets.html
