Despite Chicago leading the nation in homicides for the 13th consecutive year, alderman Anthony Napolitano argues that city officials are still focused on diverting police funding. He highlights that the crime rates are being downplayed to pursue other budgetary goals, particularly criticizing the ineffective INVEST South/West project. Napolitano suggests that investing in police funding could improve safety citywide, contrary to the current leadership's approaches, which he believes are harming Chicago's overall welfare.
According to the city, $250 million in taxpayer funds were allocated for that project, which began in 2019, in an attempt to revitalize southwest Chicago in the hopes of luring businesses to the area.
They want to take that police budget because it's an extremely high budget and allocated to other resources or projects that they want to accomplish in their tenure in office.
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