And now, where exactly has defunding happened? Peo
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Posted On: 09/12/2023 9:52:44 AM
And now, where exactly has defunding happened? People speaking in the heat of the moment after that 'kneel-job' in Minneapolis do not constitute policy.
I'm for better selection, training and supervision of police. Civil suits against police doing what we see them do too often on camera are costly to taxpayers.
Meanwhile...
'Create havoc': House GOP wants to defund the FBI. A 2024 candidate wants to shut it down. What to know
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/...432238007/
After the FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for classified documents last year, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA., called to defund the FBI on X, formerly known as Twitter.
This position has been reiterated by other members of the House in recent months, including Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, as federal and state investigations focus on Trump and House Republicans investigate Hunter Biden’s business dealings abroad.
Is it feasible to replace the FBI with another agency?
Meyer said that it would not be feasible to replace the FBI, noting that it would most likely create chaos and criminal elements could take advantage of that gap.
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Over 37,000) employees with thousands of pending cases," Meyer said. "They could set up FBI-2 but it would take years to re-staff and the cases would need immediate attention and qualified staff to handle. That would create quite a problem. And it is why this talk of defunding the FBI is so much bluster."
Steven Smith, a political science professor at the Washington University in St. Louis, agreed, noting that a replacement agency "would have to absorb most of the employees, office spaces, and labs of the FBI."
"There would be no alternative," Smith told USA TODAY. "It would take many years, perhaps decades, to replace the law enforcement infrastructure and expertise of the FBI if a new agency started from scratch. Moreover, there would be considerable disruption of state and local law enforcement, which relies on FBI information systems, labs, and other assets."
If an individual defunds the FBI, ICE, or a local police department and tries to start hiring a new staff, they will rapidly find that many or most of the people with the skills and expertise needed who are available to be hired are the ones just laid off from the agency that was shut down, Super said.
"They think a new agency that could hire staff afresh would solve that problem," Super said. "I am skeptical."
Me too.
I'm for better selection, training and supervision of police. Civil suits against police doing what we see them do too often on camera are costly to taxpayers.
Meanwhile...
'Create havoc': House GOP wants to defund the FBI. A 2024 candidate wants to shut it down. What to know
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/...432238007/
After the FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for classified documents last year, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA., called to defund the FBI on X, formerly known as Twitter.
This position has been reiterated by other members of the House in recent months, including Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, as federal and state investigations focus on Trump and House Republicans investigate Hunter Biden’s business dealings abroad.
Is it feasible to replace the FBI with another agency?
Meyer said that it would not be feasible to replace the FBI, noting that it would most likely create chaos and criminal elements could take advantage of that gap.
"
Over 37,000) employees with thousands of pending cases," Meyer said. "They could set up FBI-2 but it would take years to re-staff and the cases would need immediate attention and qualified staff to handle. That would create quite a problem. And it is why this talk of defunding the FBI is so much bluster." Steven Smith, a political science professor at the Washington University in St. Louis, agreed, noting that a replacement agency "would have to absorb most of the employees, office spaces, and labs of the FBI."
"There would be no alternative," Smith told USA TODAY. "It would take many years, perhaps decades, to replace the law enforcement infrastructure and expertise of the FBI if a new agency started from scratch. Moreover, there would be considerable disruption of state and local law enforcement, which relies on FBI information systems, labs, and other assets."
If an individual defunds the FBI, ICE, or a local police department and tries to start hiring a new staff, they will rapidly find that many or most of the people with the skills and expertise needed who are available to be hired are the ones just laid off from the agency that was shut down, Super said.
"They think a new agency that could hire staff afresh would solve that problem," Super said. "I am skeptical."
Me too.
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