D.C. area officials split on calls to defund police
Big budget cuts, however, may come with unintended consequences. D.C. officials bowed to the demands last year and slashed nearly $15 million from the police budget, and the city ended the year with 198 homicides — the highest in 16 years. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) crime data as of Tuesday show the trend may be spilling over into this year. Homicides in the city are up 23%, from 66 killings to 81 over the same period last year. “Violent crime is out of control in the District,” the president of D.C.’s police union, Gregg Pemberton, said last month. “Homicides have hit rec...
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