NetQuarterLatte t1_jd06q0s wrote
The NYC police budget may seem like a lot, but compared to other cities, that's a small police budget relative to the overall city's budget.
NYC is under 10%.
LA is over 20%.
San Diego and Chicago are over 30%.
https://www.statista.com/chart/10593/how-much-do-us-cities-spend-on-policing/
sdotmills t1_jd1760w wrote
Thank you for posting this. For people that live in the city this sub really has a hard time understanding what a massive undertaking policing this place is.
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threelegcatkungfu t1_jd1blty wrote
Idk if that is apples to apples. This source shows the ~$5B in the calculation as personnel only, without benefits, debt service, pension... the total number looks more like ~$11B.
https://cbcny.org/research/five-fast-facts-about-nypds-adopted-fy-2022-budget
magnetic_yeti t1_jd1jy0g wrote
This just shows NY does more than the other cities, and has the revenue to match. Additionally, because we’re dense we can do more and have the tax base to match. We spend $1,300 per person on policing, just based on the budgeted amount of $10.9 Billion. That’s an absurd amount per resident.
LA spends $3.2 Billion, or $1,000 per person. And LA is sprawling so they don’t get the benefit of density and two officers covering a small territory. LA just does less so has a much smaller budget. I don’t think highways come out of LA’s budget at all, and that’s got to be a bigger share of transportation spending than in NY.
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