Crime surges and L.A. U-turns on Defund the Police

Many California counties and cities rushed to defund their police department after the George Floyd death in Minnesota. As crime and violence soared, many of those municipalities have come to regret those decisions. L.A. County is the latest volte face, as reported by Jarryd Yeager for the PostMillenial.

The Metro Board of Directors on Thursday approved a $36-million increase to Metro’s five-year law enforcement contract with the Los Angeles Police Department, Long Beach Police Department and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department to cover additional costs through Dec. 31 of this year," reports the The Source-Metro.

The increase comes as a surprise to many, since Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti made it clear last year that the city would not made it clear last year that the city would not expand its police budget, following calls to "defund the police".

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