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Since the 1960s, municipal governments have increasingly spent larger portions of their budgets on law enforcement. This is partially rooted Rooted in the "war on crime," launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson, which  crime control was prioritized crime control via law enforcement and prisons. Meanwhile, police Police unions have wielded  now wield significant power in local politics, due to direct endorsements of political candidates and funding of campaigns  campaign funding. Police department budgets have been considered This has resulted in "untouchable" for decades  police budgets.

Since the 1960s, municipal governments have increasingly spent larger portions of their budgets on law enforcement. Rooted in the "war on crime," launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson, crime control was prioritized via law enforcement and prisons. Police unions now wield significant power in local politics, due to direct endorsements of political candidates and campaign funding. This has resulted in "untouchable" police budgets. It is now 2020 and this year alone the police have got over a hundred billion dollars. The police budget is no where near a decreasing trend.

Effectiveness
Police defunding and abolition activists argue that the police have a poor track record of resolving cases related to murder, rape, and domestic abuse. Many others further argue that police social work intervention, as known, leads to mass incarceration, risk of physical and mental harm, exposure to violence, and in some instances, death.

Scholars argue that the police are often given too many roles in society and asked to solve issues that they are not properly trained for and that would be better suited for professionals such as mental health, homelessness, drug abuse, and school related violence.