Of course they did:JPMorgan Chase recently donated an unprecedented $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation. The gift was the largest in the history of the foundation and will enable the New York City Police Department to strengthen security in the Big Apple. The money will pay for 1,000 new patrol car laptops, as well as security monitoring software in the NYPD's main data center.
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly sent CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon a note expressing "profound gratitude" for the company's donation.
"These officers put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe," Dimon said. "We're incredibly proud to help them build this program and let them know how much we value their hard work."
JP Morgan Chase apparently does a lot of philanthropic work. And that's nice. But considering what is going on right now, one can certainly see why properly funding our police with
public money makes more sense than having them dependent on private donations from megabanks for things like laptops and software, can't we?
I'm not saying that Jamie Dimon doesn't deserve to be protected by the police just like everyone else, btw. But let's just say this doesn't look particularly good when high ranking officers are being filmed maliciously pepper spraying Wall Street protesters in the face for no reason.
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