Dukakis calls progressive 'defund the police' push 'nuts,' says it takes away from proven community policing

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mike Dukakis argues that Democrats ever embracing defunding police "makes no sense at all," saying other Democratic-run cities must follow Boston’s lead in bolstering the relationship between police officers and the communities they serve in order to drive down crime rates. 

That concept, however, has been threatened by progressives in the Democratic Party who have aligned themselves over the past year with the "defund the police" movement. As departments were scaled back, and crime rates soared in cities like New York and Chicago, community policing has taken a hit.   "Defunding the police doesn’t make any sense. Building an excellent police force that it committed to community policing does make sense," Dukakis told Fox News. "The more the merrier."