How The NYPD Became the Most Expensive Police Force In The US

New York City has the biggest police budget of any city in the United States. In 2020, the New York Police Department spent $6 billion. But the true cost of ...

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This explainer video examines how the police force, which has costs over $10 billion a year, got so expensive and what impact this has actually had on New Yorkers. The video uses motion graphics, footage and lots of hard numbers to consider the effect of adding or subtracting funding from the NYPD.

Along with gaining over a million views across platforms, this piece received thousands of retweets and was featured on Twitter’s explore tab for popular news content.