There certainly appears that some big federal grant money was made available. Information below directly from USDOJ site. Would local pols ever (a Sheriff in FL is an elected position) manipulate stats for grant money?
Would Statists/globalists/progressives/socialists ever view a school resource officer to be a sort of “political officer” as well as a law enforcement officer?
Would political correctness ever infect decision making?
“The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nation's state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources.
Since 1994, the COPS Office has invested more than
$14 billion to help advance community policing.”
https://cops.usdoj.gov/about