{"id":568869,"date":"2021-06-20T12:22:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T16:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568869"},"modified":"2021-06-20T12:22:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T16:22:10","slug":"big-cities-move-to-refund-police-departments-amid-uptick-in-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-cities-move-to-refund-police-departments-amid-uptick-in-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Big cities move to refund police departments amid uptick in crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbig-cities-move-to-refund-police-departments-amid-uptick-in-crime%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568869&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2430354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2430354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A protestor confronts New York Police Department officers (NYPD) outside Washington Square Park in New York. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:15 AM PT \u2013 Sunday, June 20, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Major cities have looked to refund the police after axing department budgets in response to national unrest. Instead of defunding the police, several cities have begun to sing a new tune.<\/p>\n<p>Cities like New York City, Oakland and Los Angeles are refunding the police due to an increase in crime. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently reversed a decision to eliminate funding for a precinct in Southeast Queens after receiving backlash from the community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reopen businesses and schools. <\/p>\n<p>Refund the police.<\/p>\n<p>Restore public safety.<\/p>\n<p>That is why I am running for New York City Mayor<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ReopenRefundRestore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ReopenRefundRestore<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Sliwa for NYC Mayor (@CurtisSliwa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisSliwa\/status\/1388176758223089677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in 2020, de Blasio said he would cut $1 billion from the New York Police Department operating budget and $500 million from its capital budget. He announced stimulus funding from the federal government will allow the city to move forward with the project along with a previously promised community center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fully funding the new 116th precinct building and new community center,\u201d he explained. \u201cThese are things the community has said will improve the quality of life that will allow the community to get what they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Oakland, California, the Oakland City Council voted to allocate $10 million to restore vital community services for fire and police. This decision came after the city of Oakland\u2019s Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong called for more resources to be allocated to the department due to a major increase in crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the year, this department was impacted by a loss of millions of dollars to our budget as a result of budget cuts. Those millions of dollars were resources, they were officers,\u201d he expressed. \u201c\u2026We lost all of these resources and we\u2019re seeing the tremendous impact that loss is having on our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the vote, Armstrong said he was appreciative of the council\u2019s vote to help address the increase in crime.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is clear that as police funding decreases, crime increases. Several of America&#8217;s cities have fallen to the radical left\u2013refund the police to reinstate law and order! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I4vWDd3awW\">pic.twitter.com\/I4vWDd3awW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCGOP (@NCGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCGOP\/status\/1405291626260426753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, the Los Angeles City Council signed off on a plan by Mayor Eric Garcetti in May to increase funding for the Los Angeles Police Department by three percent, despite activists urging for the police to be defunded. The boost in funding will allow the department to begin rebuilding its workforce as it has lost hundreds of officers this past year.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent report, LAPD Police Chief said they\u2019d need more funding and officers to build task forces responding to mass protests and building relationships with protest organizers.<\/p>\n<p>Calls to defund the police ramped up in 2020 due to public outrage over the death of George Floyd. As cities now see an increase in crime, many look to address the issue to keep communities safe.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/atlanta-mayor-blames-lifting-lockdown-for-rise-in-murders\/\">Atlanta Mayor Blames Lifting Lockdown For Rise In Murders<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A protestor confronts New York Police Department officers (NYPD) outside Washington Square Park in New York. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. 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