Georgia law sets 'defund police' limits, will 'stop radical, out-of-control' towns from slashing funds: Gaines

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed into law a bill that sets limits on the amounts by which local governments can cut police departments' budgets, arguing the movement to "defund" police seeks "to vilify the men and women who leave their families and put their lives on the line to protect" Peach State residents.

"This important measure will ensure that the ‘defund the police’ movement doesn’t take a foothold here in Georgia and will stop radical, out-of-control local governments from slashing police budgets and putting public safety at risk," he said in a statement to Fox News. "This National Police Week, we’re grateful here in Georgia for our men and women in law enforcement -- and we back the blue." The law will bar local governments from cutting police department budgets beyond a certain percentage and takes effect on July 1.