Florida's Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist does not support defunding the police, contrary to an ad from the state's GOP. The ad's claims that the IRS will hire 87,000 new tax agents in order to audit the middle class have no evidence.
it would effectively "defund the police" by forcing law enforcement agencies to finance training on racial profiling. It also required police to record data related to law enforcement practices, including traffic stops and the use of deadly force.
The Florida GOP ad included a brief clip of Crist saying, "It's reallocation." The footage comes from a virtual meeting between Crist and community organizers in St. Petersburg, Florida, on May 3, 2022.to Crist's full response to a question about a proposal to "reimagine" St. Petersburg’s approach to policing.July 9, 2020, to create a unit of social workers to respond to nonviolent calls made to the police department.
"I support exactly what the chief is doing," Crist said. "And it isn’t defunding, you're correct about that. It's reallocation and making a balance to the approach."Holloway's plan did not aim to redirect funding outside St. Petersburg's police department. The program for nonviolent calls is managed, dispatched and funded by the department.
This comes as an estimated 50,000 employees are expected to retire or leave the IRS over the next six years, according to Natasha Sarin, the Treasury Department’s counselor for tax policy and implementation.
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