The council rejected Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s request for millions of dollars in perks for police officers as it also approved large allotments directly to some of the city’s most troubled public schools and permanent housing vouchers for low-income families.
The council also rejected Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s request for millions of dollars in perks for police officers as it approved
Bowser and council chair Phil Mendelson both wanted to restore longterm funding for police in public schools, despite a council vote last year to phase out officers in schools. In one of the most contentious votes of the day, the council voted Tuesday against the mayor’s preference, instead continuing to remove“Our schools should be a place where our students are supported and not a place where they feel policed by armed officers,” said Janeese Lewis George .
Bowser’s request for extra benefits for police, including letting them drive police cars home and spending much more to help them pay for housing and college tuition, despite the mayor’s plea that such incentives are necessary to attract people to work for the department.In total, the council cut about $6 million from the more than $500 million Bowser had requested for police, meaning police funding will increase more than $20 million above fiscal year 2022 .
“We’re not even halfway to what we’ve estimated the need is for people not to fall off the cliff. It’s great if that’s 400 families not going to fall off the cliff,” Harding said. “We are so far from what we need to do to have a just budget that even large increases like this, they aren’t enough to solve the problem.
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