Wisconsin Watch Media Partners Center (https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/tag/milwaukee-police-department/)
Calls to shift funds from policing to programs that improve quality of life for people of color aren’t new. But this time, more people are listening.
Gun violence costs Wisconsinites billions of dollars a year. Taxpayers pay for most of it in medical bills and incarceration costs. Victims suffer lost wages and trauma that can have long-lasting effects. Communities pay through lowered property values and higher police costs.