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Budget Proposal for Los Angeles Crime Control

Grantham University

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Budget Proposal for Los Angeles Crime Control

There are four major areas where additional funds can be allocated to reduce the rate and scale of crime experienced on Los Angeles streets. First, the rate of police patrols needs to be increased twofold, meaning that sufficient funds will be allocated to the police department to enable them to patrol in pairs. This move will increase their efficiency in handling various crimes on the street. Second, all areas and buildings used by criminals will be identified and marked to paint them with anti-crime graffiti. Natural colors will be used to ensure that images are permanent and durable. Since homelessness is a significant cause or precursor of crime, social workers, together with the police, will be scrambled to identify all homelessness cases in Los Angeles to determine how the affected members (those more vulnerable) can be assisted. Finally, since abandoned buildings are most used for criminal activities, funds will be allocated to social workers and the police department to identify them. Once identified, the better one will be renovated to provide affordable homes for the homeless while the rest will be flattened, and the space used to create recreational parks. The money will be spent as follows.

Expenses	Amount (US dollars)
Identification and mapping of abandoned buildings	150,000
Renovation of abandoned buildings to create affordable homes	400,000
Flattening of more vulnerable abandoned buildings	50,000
Identification and mapping of all gang-controlled regions	150,000
Boosting police patrol (patrolling in pairs)	300,000
Natural paints	450,000
Artist payment	400,000
Creation of recreational parks	100,000

Fifty graffiti artists will be engaged for the job, where each artist is projected to work for 400 hours. Their hourly wage will be $20. Social workers will work alongside police officers for security reasons, and their hourly wage will also be $20.