[Source.](https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/aoc-slams-adams-over-cop-raises-says-nyc-defunding-safety/) > “We are now at a point where officially, most officers are paid more than a teacher with a masters degree serving these same kids involved in these same incidents,” added Ocasio-Cortez, who was touting Jacobi’s “Stand Up to Violence” program — in which shootings are investigated by social workers without police involvement. > “We are defunding safety, defunding our public schools, defunding our public pools, defending our parks [and] defunding our libraries,” the 33-year-old went on.