"De-Funding the Police" - US

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OK the truth is already revealing itself over here.

the "police departments are being dissolved and replaced with "departments of public safety" or other similar labels.

All officers are being terminated and they must reapply to the new entity and go through full health and phsyc screening and interview to recover their positions.

The key is that all pay and benefits have to be renegotiated. Top tier pay grades will of course be eliminated and new officers will be working on new and cheaper contracts.

The police unions will have no jurisdiction over these employees since they are not "law enforcement, or police, officers" any longer.

These major cities are not quaking in their boots at all, they are looking at this move as a cost reduction measure.