Biden to urge cities to spend Covid relief money on police, crime prevention

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President Biden will urge states and cities to use unspent money from last year’s $1.9T Covid relief package to fund crime prevention programs and hire police officers.

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Biden to urge cities to spend Covid relief money on police, crime prevention
New York, Washington and a number of other major cities have reported increases in violent crime since the start of the pandemic.
3:46 AM · May 13, 2022

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-urge-cities-spend-covid-relief-money-police-crime-prevention-rcna28656?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will urge states and cities to use unspent money from last year’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief package to fund crime prevention programs and hire police officers.

Biden is expected to stress the need for more funding for public safety programs at an event with mayors and law enforcement officials Friday at the White House.

A number of major cities have reported surges in crime rates since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The White House said it is pushing local governments to spend the money before the summer months, when there has historically been more violent crime compared to winter months.

“One of the reasons why the president wants to speak now was both because we are approaching another summer and he wants to stress the priority of using these dollars for public safety and violence prevention,” a senior administration official said in a call with reporters.

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Totally not a fan of this, especially on the same day they announce they're rationing vaccines.