The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the police department's budget

Primary problem:
What are the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the police department's budget, and did this affect the public (Rainey & King, 2020)?

Sub-problems:

1. What is the Covid-19 pandemic?
2. Has Covid-19 led to an increase in the budget or a cut off in the police department budget?
3. If there has been a reduction in the budget, what are the reasons for reducing the budget?
4. How does the budget reduction affect the public regarding security and distress calls?
5. How does the police department budget's slashing influence the effectiveness of the officers doing their jobs?
6. What can be done to avoid the reduction in the police department's budget?

Instructions

1. Give us a 1-2 page (double spaced) literature review on the chosen topic
2. Define the chosen topic
3. Explain in what way is this topic relevant to the field public administration?
4. Include a question (preferably one that builds on the information presented)
5. A list of at least 15 recent, relevant peer-reviewed articles on this topic. - no books nor book chapters - a majority of them has to come from public administration journals. Has to be articles from JSTOR, google scholar, and other articles.