Five of Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s public safety promises — and obstacles – WBEZ (Chicago)

He’s vowed to add 200 detectives, shut off ShotSpotter, expand crisis teams, create trauma centers and beef up domestic violence efforts. One of many problems with these promises is that 65% — about $20 million — of the city’s recent domestic violence funding came from federal COVID relief dollars.
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Ex Illini
3 years ago

Yeah, the Covid funding will all be gone soon, and the recession will wreak havoc on revenues for these mismanaged government units. Brandon won’t have any answers, but the media won’t ask any questions either. The same thing is playing out at the national level, where a mentally incapacitated individual escapes scrutiny in the White House.

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