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Originally Posted by wittynickname
In the city of Pittsburgh, the police budget is over 18% of all public funding. The NYPD has a budget of $6 billion.
I've said again and again. The police have the budget to make these changes. Cities have the budgets to make these changes.
Police unions don't want to make these changes.
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That surprises me as anecdotally I see so many Canadian cities like Calgary starting officers at 70k give or take with full benefits and pension, while I see many examples in the US of officers being paid like walmart employees in the $13-$20/hr range.