After slashing police budgets last year under intense pressure from activists, mayors of the country’s three largest cities have decided to increase funding this year, in the face of a nationwide jump in crime. Chicago, which has the nation’s second-largest police department, is poised to pass its 2022 budget on Oct. 27. The spending plan boosts law enforcement funding by $200 million over last year’s $1.7 billion, and much of the increase will cover police salaries. New York passed its 2022 budget in June, increasing funding for the nation’s largest police force by $200 million. Los Angeles, which has the nation’s third-largest force, raised its police budget by $50 million. The police budget increases in these cities have largely been made possible by the historic influx of federal money under the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan. Last week, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot drew the line at defunding the police at a time …