Top Cop: 'Defund the Police' Destroys Public Safety

Top Cop: 'Defund the Police' Destroys Public Safety

One of Florida’s top cops explained to the Daily Signal the harm the “defund the police” movement has already inflicted on law enforcement across the country. The Brookings Institution describes the movement as seeking to reallocate or redirect funding “away from the police department.” Mario Knapp, chief of police for the City of Homestead, says “defund the police,” which has resurfaced with the rise of Democratic Socialists of America-backed c…