Defunding Police

Tallahassee, Gainesville and a handful of South Florida municipalities are challenging a state law that gives the governor and Cabinet the ability to override local decisions on law enforcement budgets.

Eighty percent of the mayors who responded say they believe their police budgets last year were "about right."

Gov. Ron DeSantis has support from Florida’s Republicans, but Democrats and others blast his proposal as racist and unconstitutional.

The move comes as President Donald Trump, the man who propelled Gov. Ron DeSantis to the Governor’s Mansion, campaigns for reelection on a “law and order” platform.

An array of federal agencies funnel grants to local law enforcement. But some say that federal involvement undermines community accountability and focuses more on enforcement than minimizing harm.