No, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers didn’t give counties a “green light” to defund police departments by vetoing a 2021 bill. It was not a proactive step to encourage reductions.
By Sara Swann • August 8, 2022
The nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum issued reports in June 2020 and August 2021 on police funding trends in Wisconsin. The reports found spending on policing n Wisconsin peaked in 2013 and was trending downward well before the rise of the"defund the police" approach captured national attention. In a June 4, 2020 article, Evers was quoted as saying:"We're always going to need police service" and that"to completely defund police departments ... that isn't going to work.’"
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