Trump admin offers $300M police grants with strings attached
Department of Justice announces conditional funding for enforcement surges in four cities, requiring cities to abandon progressive policing approaches.
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The Trump administration's Department of Justice is offering up to $300 million in grants to four finalist cities for "Memphis-style" police enforcement surges, conditional on those cities abandoning progressive policing ideologies. The "Model Cities" policing initiative ties federal funding to a shift away from current progressive approaches to law enforcement.
- Trump administration offers $300 million to four cities for police enforcement surge programs modeled on Memphis approach
- Federal funding explicitly conditioned on cities rejecting progressive policing ideologies
- Initiative frames funding as tied to specific enforcement models rather than open-ended community input
How it unfolded
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The US Department of Justice announces it will distribute up to $300 million to four finalist cities under a federal "Model Cities" policing initiative, contingent on those cities abandoning progressive ideologies on policing and adopting Memphis-style enforcement surge models.
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The Guardian reports that the Trump administration is explicitly conditioning tens of millions in police grants on cities moving away from progressive policing approaches.
“DoJ to give $300m for enforcement surges in four cities, as long as they abandon progressive ideologies on policing”
The Guardian · Press ↗
What people are saying verbatim
“DoJ to give $300m for enforcement surges in four cities, as long as they abandon progressive ideologies on policing”
The Guardian · Guardian US ↗ · Aug 9