I asked Police Chief Michel Moore to clear up some things about the LAPD budget. No matter what percentages or totals I threw at him, he said the city should be spending more on policing.
— that is, the money that the City Council can spend according to its discretion, said the spokesperson, Nick Barnes-Batista.
When it comes to LAPD spending, it seems everyone is right, and everyone is wrong. So I asked Moore if I could read him a list of stats without interruption, then get his reaction. He agreed.It had been less than 30 seconds since his promise. When I mentioned that the city budget had slotted $2.8 billion to the department from the unrestricted revenues, Moore curtly replied, “No.”
“I have them right in front of me,” he stated, then texted me his source: a 26-page budget summary released in October.Moore was polite but pounced at every chance. “As Mark Twain said,” he cracked early on, “there’s lies, damn lies and statistics. Everyone has their own bias, their own rationale.”
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