Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-155 on Wednesday, which cut $115.07 million from the Michigan State Police budget.
Talk radio host Steve Gruber reported Whitmer ordered the cut, along with others, including $392.67 million being slashed from the Department of Corrections and $36.46 million from the Department of Health and Human Services.
The cut to the State Police equals roughly one-quarter of the agency's funding, according to Gruber.
Whitmer is replacing a portion of the cut funds - $107 million - with funds from the federal coronavirus stimulus bill.
In June, Whitmer said she understood the sentiment behind the "Defund the Police" effort.
"What is your response to the defunding the police campaigns?" reporter Terrell Jermaine Starr asked Whitmer.
"I think you do all those other things, you don't need all the money that's going into police departments," Whitmer said.
Talk radio host Steve Gruber reported Whitmer ordered the cut, along with others, including $392.67 million being slashed from the Department of Corrections and $36.46 million from the Department of Health and Human Services.
The cut to the State Police equals roughly one-quarter of the agency's funding, according to Gruber.
Whitmer is replacing a portion of the cut funds - $107 million - with funds from the federal coronavirus stimulus bill.
In June, Whitmer said she understood the sentiment behind the "Defund the Police" effort.
"What is your response to the defunding the police campaigns?" reporter Terrell Jermaine Starr asked Whitmer.
"I think you do all those other things, you don't need all the money that's going into police departments," Whitmer said.
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