Police Unions Endorse Trump Nationwide

If Biden’s support for police hasn’t wavered, why has their support for him?

President Donald J. Trump, joined by Attorney General William Barr, prepares to signs an executive order on the Commission on Law enforcement and the Administration of Justice Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, following his remarks during the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference and Exposition at the McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago in Chicago. (Official White House Photo: Shealah Craighead)

President Donald Trump and his political allies have repeatedly claimed that if Democratic presidential nominee Joseph Biden is elected as president, Biden will defund the police. Former Vice President Joe Biden has repeatedly insisted he does not support defunding the police.

In an interview with ABC News in August, Biden said “I not only don’t want to defund the police, I’m the one calling for $300 million more for local police, for community policing.”

“I also think we should add social workers and psychologists to help police on 911 calls. The only person calling to defund the police is Donald Trump. Look at his budget. He calls for cutting police funding for local — state and local help by $400 million. Once again, he’s pathological.”

Biden seems to be referring to the Trump Administration’s decision to cut funding from a community policing initiative, Community Oriented Policing Services, that dates back to the term of President Bill Clinton.

Trump’s campaign responded with a critique of Biden’s record as Vice President.

“Joe Biden doesn’t have a leg to stand on regarding police funding,” Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said in a statement to ABC…