Comment Comment by grey-area Some figures for police budgets in US cities:City of Orlando spends 31.6% of its budget on police. Oakland spent 41 percent of the city's general fund on policing in Fiscal Year 2017. Chicago spent nearly 39 percent, Minneapolis almost 36 percent, Houston 35 percent.https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-07-0...These figures seem remarkably high compared to other spending. parent grey-area 6 years ago
City of Orlando spends 31.6% of its budget on police. Oakland spent 41 percent of the city's general fund on policing in Fiscal Year 2017. Chicago spent nearly 39 percent, Minneapolis almost 36 percent, Houston 35 percent.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-07-0...
These figures seem remarkably high compared to other spending.