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by giantdude 1311 days ago
NYPD budget: ~11 Billion

Ukraine military budget: ~6 Billion.

And I still have to dodge motorcycles going the wrong way through red light in bike paths.
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Ralfp 1310 days ago
US Coast Guard has ~13 Billion USD in budget, operates across the globe (there are USCG cutters both on Japan Sea and Black Sea) and is 5th or 6th strongest navy in the world:

https://www.uscg.mil/budget/

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CamperBob2 1311 days ago
Holy hell, $11B? Is that correct?
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aaronbrethorst 1311 days ago
Yep https://www.nyclu.org/en/press-releases/nyclu-statement-fy23...
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CamperBob2 1311 days ago
What the actual metric fuck.
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throwawaywu 1311 days ago
In some places in America the police are vastly over funded, but in other places we have much lower police to citizen ratios than NYC.

Police defunding in Seattle would be a disaster for example.

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UncleSlacky 1311 days ago
This is why you need to defund the police.
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