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Re:California law enforcement misused state databases more t... by derektank on Thursday January 30, 2025 @09:51PM (#42884308)
The US does not spend extravagantly on police services. Expenditures on police were $240B in 2024 [1], or a little over 3/4s of a percent of GDP. This is actually a little less than the EU average of 0.9% [2]. The US spends a lot in absolute terms because it's a big country and a rich country where you have to pay people working in service jobs a lot.

[1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/G160091A027NBEA

[2] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...

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Re:California law enforcement misused state databases more t... by sweeter on Saturday February 01, 2025 @04:12AM (#42897047)
Compare that to any other public institution or service at the state level. Federal is an entirely different game. The disparity is gigantic.
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