In keeping with his calls to fund the police, President Biden's proposed budget includes $17.4B for federal law enforcement to combat violent crime, $1.7B above the 2021 enacted level.
March 28, 2022, 8:01 PM UTCIn keeping with his calls to fund the police, President Joe Biden's proposed budget announced Monday includes $17.4 billion for federal law enforcement to combat violent crime,when he said:"We should all agree: The answer is not to defund the police. The answer is to fund the police.", and Republicans have sought to tie Democrats to the"defund the police" movement and portray them as weak on handling crime in the run-up to the midterm elections.
Biden has repeatedly sought to distance himself from the defund the police movement, which took off after thein May 2020. With his proposal, he is attempting to convey his plans to address violent crime. Biden visited New York City Police Department headquarters in February, where he was joined by Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain, shortly after"The answer is not to defund the police," Biden said during his visit. "It's to give you the tools, the training, the funding to be partners, to be protectors."
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