however he framed it. that s an inappropriate response. who speaks for the real victims in our communities and cities? benjamin: james talks about the 1.6 billion that will be distributed to cities and towns and what garland said. it will deliver critical public safety resources helping public safety professionals, local agencies and nonprofit organizations confront these serious challenges. i suppose the irony is that some of these cities have called to defund the police. is this level of funding what cities need? what should be done with that money? good morning, benjamin and thank you for having me. i can tell you from our perspective in st. paul we need that money. d.o.j. allocated enough money to provide us with 30 more police officers. unfortunately our city leadership has not made a decision whether or not we ll accept that money.