Chico spends 48.7% of itโs budget on the Police Department.
Things that make you go huhโฆ ๐คจ Chico spends 48.7% of itโs budget on the Police Department. By comparison, NYC spends 7.7%, Los Angeles 25.5% and Chicago comes in high at 37%.
So is it that Chicoโs crime rate is shockingly high? Nah. This is just how city leadership and City Manager Mark Orme prioritize the use of funds...all the while telling us they canโt afford to invest in shelter or affordable housing or expanding mental health and addiction-related programs. Or heck, maybe even fixing a pothole now and then.
To top it off, crime rates have dropped every year since we last had a conservative council majority in 2017, while Chico PD added at least two new officers in the last couple of months.
If youโd rather not defund the police, can we at least ask them to get their budget under control so we can afford to address issues that are actually growing? Time to realign our priorities.
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