USA. Using Opioid Settlement Cash for Police Gear Like Squad Cars and Scanners Sparks Debate
USA. Using Opioid Settlement Cash for Police Gear Like Squad Cars and Scanners Sparks Debate
Policing expenses mount quickly: $25,000 for a law enforcement conference about fentanyl in Colorado; $18,000 for technology to unlock cellphones in Southington, Connecticut; $2,900 for surveillance cameras and to train officers and canines in New Lexington, Ohio. And in other communities around the country, hundreds of thousands for vehicles, body scanners, and other equipment.
In these cases and many others, state and local governments are turning to a new means to pay those bills: opioid settlement cash. (KFF Health News, USA, 23.10.2023)
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/using-opioid-settlement-cash-for-police-gear-like-squad-cars-and-scanners-sparks-debate/