Biden to Propose $32 Billion Hike in Police Spending
Under President Joe Biden's 2023 budget, funds for community policing through the COPS Hiring Program will double, and there will be an additional $500 million for so-called community violence interventions.
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President Joe Biden’s 2023 budget plans include a proposal for more than $32 billion in new spending to fight crime, including $20.6 billion for the next fiscal year for Department of Justice discretionary spending on federal law enforcement, crime prevention and intervention, and $30 billion in new spending over the next decade on a variety of programs to expand law enforcement and crime prevention, reports Axios.
The plan would more than double the funding for community policing through the COPS Hiring Program and add $500 million for so-called community violence interventions. The money would pay for nearly 300 new deputy marshals and related personnel, 140 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agents and investigators working on gun-trafficking strike forces in five major U.S. cities, and 160 ATF investigators working on gun-dealer compliance.
