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See how California cops are spending $50M on ‘wellness’: gyms, Himalayan salt, hormone therapy (lemm.ee)

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Sacramento Bee: See how California cops are spending $50M on ‘wellness’: gyms, Himalayan salt, hormone therapy

The state legislature earmarked $50 million in the 2022 budget for “officer wellness” programs, with an eye toward improving the mental health of police, and documents show law enforcement has been spending that money on items that range from gym equipment to saunas and Himalayan salt.

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Compared to any government contract. They have notoriously bad, for any state, since time began.

Your ass is not a source. If you want to claim that something with workers as underpaid and overworked as social services have more waste on social worker wellness programs than cop wellness programs do, put up or shut up.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

What I said is that large budgets will likely have points of waste and mismanagement across the board. It's inevitable and when we are talking about a budget as large as California's. We can keep my personal experience with government contracts as anecdotal; totally fair.

And sorry, I am not doing a full audit of California's budget right now. Regardless, this would be a conversation that needs to happen face to face as too many points are getting lost or misinterpreted.