Are the 100,000 cops Clinton put on the streets still there?

[maveric]

Or did budget cuts take them away?

[xray s]

1. A bunch of them are probably in Iraq

A lot of cops are Reservist and National Guard too.

[leftchick]

2. I believe a lot like my cousin have gone to Iraq...

many are in the reserve and NG. So my guess would be NO! But we are SAFER!!! Say it over 100 timess and it will be true!

[starwolf]

3. Was the number acheived or even real?

[maveric]

4. Can someone give this person a link?

I heard that it was "real"?
HMMMMMMM??

[hughee99]

7. It depends who you ask...

According to slate, this didn't happen
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2058553

But according to ACT, they did this in '99
"The 1994 crime bill had the goal of putting 100,000 additional COPS on the beat by 2000. The program met its goal early – placing 100,000 additional officers on the streets by 1999. By 2000, over 110,000 police officers had been funded."
http://actforvictory.org/act.php/truth/articles/bushs_wrong_headed_crusade_to_kill_the_100000_cops_program

Although this website provides no source for these numbers, so I can't determine where they came from. In any case, they don't seem in line chronologically with Clinton's own statements (unless they hired a bunch of officers in the last two weeks of '99"
"We are well on our way -- we're under budget and ahead of schedule,"
Bill Clinton - 12/13/99
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/10/09/national/main19625.shtml

It is also not in line with an independent report done in the last few months of the Clinton Administration (9/00)
"Based on projections, the study estimated that the number of additional police was likely to peak at between 69,000 and 83,600 during 2001"
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/09/06/cops.program/

So although Americans Coming Together is touting the 110,000 number, I wasn't able to find any MSM (Mainstream Media for those of you new to DU) sources that would back this up. You can take that for what it's worth, and decide for yourself what you think of the MSM and ACT's assertions.

[RaleighNCDUer]

5. Yeah. But the streets are in Baghdad. n/t

[adwon]

6. Correct me if I'm wrong

but W has systematically reduced the funding for police. In fact, I believe a funding program was one of the 150 that was slated for reduction/removal in this year's budget.

I'll never understand just how they think 5 million year sentences are supposed to deter anybody when there are no cops to enforce the law.