Northeast Ohio cities want to spend COVID stimulus money on hiring police, but what happens when that money dries up?: Stimulus Watch
cleveland.com: Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, noted that cities are using federal stimulus money to hire police officers, amid a national shortage, but worries such moves may prevent local governments from making improvements and substantive change. “You’ll often hear, we can’t arrest our way out of this issue,” he said.