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Re:Police can get your data – even if you aren’t suspected o... by throwawayboise on Sunday August 01, 2021 @06:26PM (#28030750)
It's not funding for their jobs. It's funding for associations such as FOP[1] that do some combination of advocacy/lobbying for police interests, and local charitable work.

1: https://fop.net/

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Re:Police can get your data – even if you aren’t suspected o... by heavyset_go on Sunday August 01, 2021 @07:08PM (#28031095)
These same organizations were the #1 source of lobbying to keep marijuana illegal in the state I was in when they were passing legalization legislation.
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