U.S. city expenditure on police as a share of total direct expenditure 1977-2017

Between 1977 and 2017, expenditure on policing by the city of Wilmington, Delaware increased from 6.14 percent of total direct expenditure to 13.96 percent of total direct expenditure. Conversely, the city with the lowest increase over this time was San Francisco, were spending fell from 4.59 percent of total direct expenditure to 3.44 percent - although in neighboring Oakland, police expenditure increased from 4.97 percent to 6.26 percent.Note that as these figures are based on the expenditure share, they do not indicate the increase in absolute spending over this period.

在1977年至2017年期间，特拉华州维明顿市在警务支出方面的投入从占总直接支出的6.14%增长至13.96%。反之，同期增长最低的城市为旧金山，其警务支出从占总直接支出的4.59%降至3.44%，尽管在相邻的奥克兰市，警务支出从4.97%上升至6.26%。需要注意的是，这些数据基于支出比例，并不能反映这一时期内绝对支出增长的情况。