How The NYPD Became The Most Expensive Police Force In The US

New York City has the biggest police budget of any city in the United States. In 2020, the New York Police Department spent $6 billion. But the true cost of the police is well above $10 billion a year. Most of that goes to uniformed officers' salaries, pension, and overtime. As police budgets have risen, the extra policing hasn't necessarily led to less crime. Instead, record-high settlements in police misconduct cases, unconstitutional policing policies, and high-profile deaths of Black New Yorkers have called the budget into question. Following the death of George Floyd, New Yorkers took to the streets, calling for a $1 billion cut to the 2021 NYPD budget. But the real cuts amounted to only about $420 million. MORE BUSINESS INSIDER VIDEOS: How Billionaires Got $637 Billion Richer During The Pandemic    • How Billionaires Got $637 Billion Richer D...   The Rise Of Tear Gas    • The Rise Of The $3 Billion Tear Gas Industry   Everything We Know About Kim Jong Un    • Everything We Know About Kim Jong Un   ------------------------------------------------------ #NYPD #Police #BusinessInsider Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit us at: https://www.businessinsider.com Subscribe:    / businessinsider   BI on Facebook: https://read.bi/2xOcEcj BI on Instagram: https://read.bi/2Q2D29T BI on Twitter: https://read.bi/2xCnzGF BI on Amazon Prime: http://read.bi/PrimeVideo -------------------------------------------------- How The NYPD Became The Most Expensive Police Force In The US