In California, car jackings are up 88%”(Thune 1). Defunding the police is affecting people all over the US, and is affecting thousands of peoples lives. People are taking this movement, and using it to take advantage of the police. Some people claim these rates rose because of Covid, but that does not make sense when coincidentally all this happens after police are defunded. Defunding the police increased crime rate. Defunding police makes officers less effective in general. “Why would men and women sign up for a job where they are characterized as the worst kind of criminal”(Thune 1). This is a great question. Why would people do a hard job for little pay and get ridiculed? This is resulting in fewer officers in general, and more importantly, fewer quality officers. Another great piece of evidence is, “It is a lot harder to replace good, seasoned officers, when it is hard to see who would want to be an officer now”(Thune 1). A lot of veteran officers are retiring because of pay cuts, leaving big holes to fill. In times like this it is almost impossible to find qualified people who want to be low paying police