Los Angeles police officials want nearly $67 million more in funding and about 50 additional officers to comply with dozens of recommendations for improving its response to protests and other civil unrest.
Most of the increased funding — $53 million — would be earmarked for ongoing training for officers, including on the use of projectile weapons in crowd control settings, according to the report. Nearly $4 million would be used to create a new bureau focused on responding to large protests and other major events, while more than $2.2 million is needed for an outreach team tasked with building relationships with protest groups, police said.
The reports each found that training was a particular problem, with untrained officers firing hard foam projectiles into crowds and injuring demonstrators. A federal judge last week issuedThe demand for more money comes as the City Council is set to consider Mayor Ericlater this week. That budget, which already includes an increase in funds for the department, does not include funding for the protest-related reforms.
Advocates for large-scale changes to how the LAPD and other police departments operate have denounced the three reviews of last year’s unrest as biased in favor of police. In particular, they expressed concerns that the reports would be used to justify more police funding, as they say has been done in the past, but not lead to meaningful change.
'You have now seen what we are capable of, if our demands are not met we will do it again.'
Or.... Just let us exercise our 1st Amendment right.
To correct police failures, they need to be gutted.
Fuck the LAPD & every other pig department
They're lying. They need to GO.
Be real fucking cool if you guys took a stance that actually helped the public and didn't simply forward police propaganda.
Resorting to extortion huh?
Yeah because police funding is the issue, not brazenly building a culture where being a POS is preferred and gets you rewarded with paid vacations and promotions,while cops who call it out get fired&sometimes charged. acab
How much do they need? Have they tried not being a violent gang? It doesn't really cost any extra.
No they dont lol.
Less officers to commit less violence. More money into education and healthcare.
Not beating up and not killing people is free.
“we’re terrible, give us more money or we’ll continue to suck”
the failures are the violence coming from the “cops”
Hyperactivity five year old insists they need more chocolate cake to stop bouncing off the walls.
What a grift
I'd like to know what LAPD believe are the 'protest failures' because I suspect they think the failure is that the protesters were able to protest
Typical junkie talk
The cause of unrest is saying to end unrest they need more causes.
than they don't understand what the the failures were.
Yes but has someone considered the more effective approach of less money and fewer officers?
Laughably preposterous.
🤣 they tried it!
Honestly is there anyway we could just give them all the money is that possible I am a liberal who supports our police
No.
How about try recruit & train ur officers to be not psychotic first? Beating up and trigger happy with guns like that is not normal.
Imagine getting more money at your job because you do it so terrible.
Stop Killing Civilians so u won't have 2 pay back those families N u won't have 2 pay Attorney fees! Cuz u kno They B gettin payd!
I believe this would be called a ratioed tweet. I can imagine the conversation at the meetings. 'You got a nice city here, mayor. It'd be a shame if anything happened to it.'
They really take us for idiots….. 😠
Defund the police.
Sure. More cops crack more skulls so there’s more protests. The descent into the dystopian abyss continues. DefundThePolice
They need more than 1.7 billion dollars? Their funding is one of the highest in the usa!! and it is greater than many countries' military budgets!!! THEY DO NOT NEED MORE MONEY!! THEY NEED TO DEMILITARIZE!!
What does LAPD think people were protesting? lol
It's a money wasted to increase the police budget. Adding police never solves social, political, and economic underlining issues of crime. We spent $billion on the Drug War. It didn't stop the drug problem. It created drug cartels. Drug reha programs would have been better.
That’s a hard, “No.”
jfc no nope no thanks
Nope
'To correct protest failures' Woah did they not meet their civil/human rights abuses quota? They gonna make sure they beat more people up this summer?
counterpoint: no they don't
THEIR WISH IS THEIR COMMAND
So many black men to beat, so little time.
Lolol no
This quite literally makes zero sense like fucking batshit crazy lack of understanding and knowledge
Abolish the police
no
you can't just repeat propaganda
Maybe they need to go over their budget and trim some fat.
LAPD needs to f&ck all the way to the sun.
The irony being that clicking the article itself demands money to be read.
LAPD needs to go away.
Are they fucking serious? 🤪🤪🤪🤪 They need to be totally defunded and gotten rid of.
Dear LAPD, You have proven to be dangerous and untrustworthy. If you care for more money, organize a fucking bake sale! Sincerely, Those fed up with your shit
No
No. The LAPD needs to stop attacking protestors. Amazing how smoothly the march Sunday went when the killer cops chilled out.
Send Social Workers LAPD should just sit back and let these ingrates figure it out !
No shit that’s what they say. It’s always what they say. How about they cut down on noisey-ass helicopter rides over working class neighborhoods? DefundLAPD
Not really. What the LAPD needs is what every police department in America needs, WEED OUT THE RACISTS ALL THE WAY TO CHIEF!
Los Angeles pays out on average $33 Million for police misconduct. Tell the LAPD if you get control of the cops - they can have more money.
Is the ever any police problem for which the answer from PD is NOT “more police”?
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Of course they do. Maybe they can sell their military gear for scrap.
How to respond to protest calling to defund the police? Give them more money of course.
That's called extortion when anyone else does it.
lmao yeah fucking right
'The Police' America's largest and most dangerous street gang that has immunity from it's crimes and gets paid from your tax dollars.
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oh sure but when i tell people i'll stop beating them and holding them hostage if they just give me more money, i get called slurs like 'kidnapper' and 'extortionist'
the real protest failure is that they acted in a way that people needed to protest. Correct THAT.
I disagree. Training is the most important. Stop killing people.
oh so more than the billions of dollars it’s currently getting
GTFO
As a liberal minded person I think it is very important to give our law enforcement all the support that they need. This notion that all Democrats believe in de-funding the police is complete 🐂-💩, spread by Republican extremists.
“To correct protest failures LAPD says it needs more money to stifle free speech and the 1st amendment rights of Angelenos more effectively”
LAPD and LAFD combined make up 75% of the City's budget! That's a significantly higher percentage than any other surrounding city. The last thing LAPD needs is more money.
They need more money to do less…?
This is always their MO. LAPD has plenty of $$$$...they don't need more $ if LA (taxpayers) already give $4 Billion to Public Safety & that figure will only grow. When we give them $, it only goes towards their salary/benefit/pension package increases approved by politicians ✌️
Superfund the Police?
Or no money at all
Pigs won’t leave the trough unless they’re led from it. Let’s see some taxpayer savings for once.
LMAOOOOOO
No absolutely not.
They don't need more money to start spying on social media and setting up jails. They can stop using tear gas and projectiles; money not needed for that. End qualified immunity and demilitarize the department (they don't need an MRAP), and then we'll talk about more money.
Give us more money and we will protect you... From us. The LAPD is a mob protection money racket lol.
The City of Los Angeles:
Yes please give them more money . They have a big job to do .
Police departments need to stop their racial animosity toward African American communities. Police departments forget... minority areas pay their salaries too. Police departments work for US not we work for them. It must stop now!
Sure they do.
They always need more money, meanwhile nothing is getting better.
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