still gotta get the finish smooth but i am indescribably happy with this boy
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![Police funding
In June 2020, amid the Black Lives Matter movement, Bradford supported an
unsuccessful motion calling for a 10 per cent budget cut, amounting to $122 million, from the Toronto Police Service. '71118! In an article on his website explaining his vote, Bradford wrote that while he is "not interested in the politics of alienating police", he is "equally uninterested in maintaining the status quo of policies and funding models perpetuating racism and leaving communities under-resourced."[19]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7gxnqntsjwqzg7z5slmpnv4t/bafkreihacqpvvsmfzpegchbpplbn5rrsukcnmt2nanzmdhn52c2p6z3yxy)
![During the 2023 budget debate, the proposed TPS budget included a $48.3 million increase.
Councillor Alejandra Bravo moved a motion to transfer $900,000 from the proposed increase to operating more warming spaces. Bradford questioned if the motion was meant to "defund the police". 20][21]
During Bradford's 2026 campaign for mayor, he proposed hiring 1,000 new police officers.
[22][23) Councillor Shelley Caroll, the chair of the Budget Committee and the Toronto Police Service Board, estimated that the proposal would cost "well over $100 million".!22]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7gxnqntsjwqzg7z5slmpnv4t/bafkreiewde2pr5eyagavfmiexy4kk3s77cka5pxycgy435wdl62kmv2mtu)
