Karen Bass: “Chicago has too many 2 million people and 12,000 officers.”

“And my goal and job is to get the city council, as I move into this budget process, that that's a must do. If you compare us to Chicago, Chicago has too many 2 million people and 12,000 officers. And so we complain about overtime. We complain about all of that. Well, what do you think happens if you have a small police department, they're going to come out and people can't.” (18:32–18:38)

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