Silicon Valley tech boss Marc Benioff says he's all for Trump sending troops to San Francisco since 'we don't have enough cops' | Fortune

""We don't have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I'm all for it," Benioff told The New York Times on Friday. Trump has already sent troops to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis, but courts have blocked attempts to deploy troops to Chicago and Portland. In August, he mentioned he was considering sending troops to San Francisco, adding that Democrats had "destroyed" the city and that his administration would "clean that up, too.""

"Benioff told The Times the city is short about 1,000 police officers and believes National Guard troops could help reduce the city's crime. The mayor's office and the San Francisco Police Department didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. Despite Benioff's concerns, violent crime, property crime, and homicides in San Francisco have all fallen this year, and then-Mayor London Breed said in January the city's crime rate was the lowest since 2001."

""When you walk through San Francisco next week, there will be cops on every corner," he told the Times. "That's how it used to be." While Benioff thinks San Francisco needs to "re-fund" the police, the city has not defunded its police force, and its violent crime rates rank below rates of many other major cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and New York."

Marc Benioff says San Francisco is short about 1,000 police officers and welcomes President Trump's proposal to send National Guard troops to the city. Trump previously deployed troops to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis, while courts blocked attempts to send troops to Chicago and Portland. Benioff will fund hundreds of off-duty law enforcement officers during Salesforce's Dreamforce conference. Violent crime, property crime, and homicides in San Francisco have fallen this year, and then-Mayor London Breed said the city's crime rate was the lowest since 2001. The city has not defunded its police force but struggles to recruit officers and to contain lower-level crime and open-air drug use.

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