Also interesting to note is that (AFAIK) approximately zero "defundings" have actually happened. In fact many have increased, spearheaded by President Biden himself.
If most of those failed attempts were like the one in Minneapolis, it was because most people didn't want the city defunding the police after the upswing in crime.
The point remains- city councils and noisy activists constantly rallying for police to be defunded was and remains a factor in the increase in early retirements, transfers out, and difficulty recruiting new hires.
