Professor Stephen Rushin recently commented in The Boston Globe that police reform comes at a cost.
In Ferguson, Missouri, city leaders say the costs associated with a consent decree could consume more than one-fourth of its annual operating budget.
“There’s never been a concerted national effort to really spend a lot of money to address police misconduct,” Rushin said. “We’re finally coming to the recognition that correcting police misconduct is an expensive proposition.”
For more, read “As the Cost of Police Misconduct Grows, So Do Taxes.”