Al Franken actually said...

The basic one is lack of funding to hire more officers, and the responsibility for providing that funding falls on the Federal Government.

Franken points out the funding shortage as a key reason for police understaffing.

03/17/2010

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Well, let us ask Professor Wu. Have you thought about it?

This is a pretty large increase. That is more than three times the rate of inflation.