_The_Bear t1_j6zzueh wrote
Highest per Capita police spending of any city in the US.
BmoreInterested t1_j70cino wrote
Pretty sure that's false. At $560M we certainly spend more than we should for 600K people, but there are other cities that spend more per person. Uvalde comes to mind because of the closer look articles gave to their budget. For 15,312 people they spend $25.3M on police. So they spend $1652 per person vs $933 per person here in Bmore.
_The_Bear t1_j70cw1u wrote
You're right. Bmore is the most per Capita of major cities.
BmoreInterested t1_j70df3s wrote
This puts us at #4: https://advisorsmith.com/data/cities-that-spend-the-most-and-least-on-police/?amp=1
Edit: when I look at 2020 data and cities over 500K it does look like we're top. I wonder how much it's changed in 3 years though.
rockybalBOHa t1_j729lx5 wrote
An interesting comparison is to look at # police per square mile. We actually rank low. The lack of population density in Baltimore skews the $ per capita number. But relatively speaking, the BPD has to cover a huge area and we need a lot of money and officers to do it.
forthelulzac t1_j7154ux wrote
I saw a police car with a recruitment bumper sticker in it that said, "thr biggest comeback story in america!" What a fucking joke.
rockybalBOHa t1_j71ulpp wrote
Silver lining is that other American cities have taken a greater downward turn since 2020. Baltimore, by comparison, isn't as much of an outlier as we once were.
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