I don’t think funding of police departments has any correlation with crime rates. But I do agree with you about mass transit schemes and eco schemes. :)
BUT there is a correlation between police presence and crime reduction. So the solution to “automatic weapons fire every night†is more cops on the street combined with aggressive prosecution of criminals not more laws.
Minneapolis has been short funding their cops and fire departments for years to fund feel good “prestige†projects.
They also are the nation's capitol of silly socialists Judges and stupid "rehabilitation" schemes. We have more violent felons walking around in this state because of the stupid weak prosecution team in Minneapolis backed up by really silly limousines liberal judges