june 2020 until now. many argue this is all from the fallout last august when the city council here slashed the police budget by $21.5 million and another 128 million was diverted to other city departments. we have got to do more. we have got catch up. and we have to make, you know, evidence-based public policy decisions that keep the community safe and not be reactionary and reckless. now, pro-law enforcement groups are begging the city council to reinvest that money for next year s budget you, which is being considered this week; however, supporters of defunding the police say the stats that we re reporting well they re being manipulated to scare people. fear-mongering is not the danger. and there is no data to support the idea that police prevent violent crime. there is no data to support that. many would argue that is not
force. adam housley has the details of the proposed legislation that pro-law enforcement groups are calling detrimental. shannon, the headline a simple but the implications are far-reaching, as democratic lawmakers are considering changing a or rethinking the use of deadly force by police officers in california and it s budging them against law enforcement. the possible change for the reasonable for standard that hasn t been updated in california since 1872 is being led by lawmakers in response to the march 18th killing of stephon clark, who was shot by sacramento police after officers mistook his offer for a handgun. i states in a committee a plan that will that police officers openly fire only in situations d serious injury or possible death to the officer or another person. this would change the existing standard of reasonable fear where police can use deadly force if the officers believe they have reason to fear for their safety. now in part, the bill says this bill will limit th