Using opioid settlement cash for police gear sparks debate
Directing the funds to police has triggered difficult questions about what the money was meant for and whether such spending truly helps save lives.
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Directing the funds to police has triggered difficult questions about what the money was meant for and whether such spending truly helps save lives.
Directing the funds to police has triggered difficult questions about what the money was meant for and whether such spending truly helps save lives.
Directing the funds to police has triggered difficult questions about what the money was meant for and whether such spending truly helps save lives.
Directing the funds to police has triggered difficult questions about what the money was meant for and whether such spending truly helps save lives.
Policing expenses mount quickly: $25,000 for a law enforcement conference about fentanyl in Colorado; $18,000 for technology to unlock cellphones in Southington, Connecticut; $2,900 for surveillance cameras and to train officers and canines in New Lexington, Ohio. And in other communities around the country, hundreds of thousands for vehicles, body scanners, and other equipment.