Opinion | Biden's 'Safer America Plan' Should Follow the Science of Public Safety

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Opinion | Biden's 'Safer America Plan' Should Follow the Science of Public Safety
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Instead of investing nearly $13 billion in hiring 100,000 new police officers, the science suggests these same funds should be invested in social welfare.

To President Biden's credit, the Safer America Plan doescalls on Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazinesIf President Biden truly wants to keep the American people safe, his administration must follow the science as it pertains to public safety.

Instead of investing nearly $13 billion in hiring 100,000 new police officers, the science suggests these same funds should be invested in social welfare, which are far more likely to result in significant violent crime reductions, without thousands more civilians killed by police, or millions more harmful, unnecessary arrests for petty crime.

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