There is one fundamental truth to the privatization brainlet scheme, that "the city" doesn't actually care about the budget because it's not their money.

It's the money of everyone that lives there.

Budget not balanced? Raise taxes or cut services. Will anyone explicitly link it to cops being pigs? No, they just won't, that's not how human brains work.

This is just one of the reasons qualified immunity has to end or be severly restricted.