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 @8NZGK76Conservativefrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Funding needs to be based on the area. Funding also needs to be assigned to social and community programs to help reduce crime and in turn can lead reduced spending foe the police

 @8JDBBPBfrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

No. Maintain funding. Require stricter standards of hiring and intimidate community oversight. Also have the police force reflect community demographics.

 @8CBVDPGfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

No, but have have police go through a most strict training and mental evaluation to determine their stability and ability to do their job without using bias

 @8D4979Gfrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

yes, but to a certain point, like the funding should be decreased not all of it be redirected.

 @8JYHPGFfrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

No, police officers need this money to be trained on how to properly deal with mental health situations, and deal with crime in their area.

 @8PTVYLWfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

No, police should instead be trained to respond in non-violent situations in order to mitigate police issues

 @8Q2GXXRfrom Pennsylvania  agreed…4yrs4Y

Agreed. The main counter-argument with this is that cops get paid highly and it wastes their time. If you consider those social workers are paid around 15k less per year than cops, and if this was implemented, cops would be paid 15k higher a year for their additional abilities to control violent mentally ill patients better and considering that social workers would have to call the cops anyways in that situation, you are actually saving money!

 @8PBTPZ6from Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

the funding should be split between the social and community based programs and the local police departments

 @8Q2GXXRfrom Pennsylvania  agreed…4yrs4Y

Agreed. Depending on how though. 50/50 is not going to happen. But 70/30 makes a lot of sense. I also think that we should scoop in funding from social welfare and put it into police and mental health. The left is all about fixing problems like crime before they happen, that's why they like funding mental health. So instead of funding social welfare, let's fund mental health and crime prevention, things that prevent poverty.

 @8NS88GDfrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

No, give police departments should be given more training but some increased funding should still be given to community based programs.

 @8HN74DBfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

id rather fund both

 @8Q2GXXRfrom Pennsylvania  agreed…4yrs4Y

Me too, but as conservatives I think we have to recognize the dangerous amounts of government spending. Name aspects that we should defund to get more funding into these areas, that's the key issue here.

 @8PHKCQJfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Funding for social and community based programs should be taken off the workload for police and given their own budget to provide services needed.

 @8Q2GXXRfrom Pennsylvania  agreed…4yrs4Y

The number of cops who want that is staggering. Imagine if you spent 50% of your day responding to mentally ill people and therefore having no time to fight or stop major violent crimes like armed robberies, stabbings and shootings. The problem is we are also asking for bodycams and more training, and that requires more funding, which we don't have.

 @8PCS6MLfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

increase funding for unarmed, community officer intergration while mainatining funding for current police programs

 @8Q2GXXRfrom Pennsylvania  agreed…4yrs4Y

Agreed. But where do we get that funding from? Decrease the scandals from both the prime minister funding huge corporations for no reason. Decrease social welfare and put them into crime prevention so we can prevent poverty, creating no need for social welfare. Liberals have a certain line of thinking that sometimes conflicts with eachother. I honestly do think I have liberal values but agree with the conservative party's policies (not on the environment though).

 @8LQJ4VFNew Democraticfrom Nova Scotia  answered…4yrs4Y

No Just direct the funds you ALREADY HAVE into a LONGER POLIECE COURSE
with EDUCATION and police officers, if for some reason they dont already, should have MANDITORY psychiatric evaluations. ESPICALLY after shooting their fire arm for WHAT EVER REASON. Keep your workers safe and your leaders clean please so we can all be safe please. Ty

 @8Q2GXXRfrom Pennsylvania  commented…4yrs4Y

I understand you are coming from an extremely empathetic place and this is what most misunderstandings stem from. Police officers are actually treated like criminals after firing their firearms, no matter how justified it is. Once they are relieved from the scene, their gun and badge are taken away and they are suspended under unpaid leave. No, it's not a vacation. During your leave, you will be interviewed multiple times and have to fill out many legal documents. Even for the most justified of shootings, there is still a very long and thorough investigation by IA and the SIU in Ontario, and you are suspended until your trial which can take years.

 @8JZQ98Ffrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

All members of law enforcement should all be required to wear body cameras at all times during their shift. Any discriminatory or violent behavior should result in immediate termination without severance. Increase funding for training to reduce police misconduct, racial and religious bias. Mental evaluations should be conducted by-yearly and supervisors should be held under greater scrutiny. It is a privilege to serve the community and should be honored as such.

 @8Q2GXXRfrom Pennsylvania  agreed…4yrs4Y

I agree that most law enforcement members should wear bodycams (that requires more funding). But you also have to consider detectives and internal affairs officers don't necessarily need to have bodycams. SWAT officers also don't wear bodycams because it reveals their tactics. Violent behaviour does not exactly make sense. Most use of force above verbal warnings is 'violence'. You also have to consider that officers are in high adrenaline situations and might use more force than needed. If you fired everybody for that there would be no cops. I REALLY AGREE with your last…  Read more

 @8J8GWCTGreenfrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

No, increase training and increase funding for social and community based programs

 @8Q2GXXRfrom Pennsylvania  agreed…4yrs4Y

Increasing training = increasing funding for police. Most people will say decrease government debt, but when they are asked if they want to decrease funding on a certain area, they always say no, keep it. It's important that we have both, and both are severely underfunded. But we are going to have to make some sacrifices if we want government spending to be sustainable. So we either get more training and bodycams for cops while reducing the number of cops, their wages or the quality of their firearms, vehicles or uniforms, or we get more mental health units while defunding the police on…  Read more

 @8GKYNSMfrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

redirect funding to police training about racially diverse communities

 @8Q2GXXRfrom Pennsylvania  disagreed…4yrs4Y

redirect funding to police

Training cops to be not racist is assuming cops are racist. Anti-discrimination training is hated by cops and taxpayers because all you're doing is throwing money for a cop to sit in front of a slideshow telling him not to shoot innocent black folks. We could just weed the racist cops out in the hiring process, and redirect that discrimination funding to bodycams or mental health.

 @8FY4NBWfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Police department funding should be left in the power of municipal governments.

 @8Q2GXXRfrom Pennsylvania  commented…4yrs4Y

Not if you have a crazy city council in Toronto who got rid of 30 percent of the police force in March which created all-time highs in crime. But in general I do agree it should be left for municipal governments. Just had to smash some of our politicians today.

 @98RPW68from Ontario  answered…2yrs2Y

I think funding should be distributed amongst the police department and social/community based programs. A collaborative approach should be developed to better respond to a variety of needs in the community.

 @8QKWLTBfrom Saskatchewan  answered…4yrs4Y

I believe new agency could potentially be added, you might call it the Canadian Emergency Worker Education Bureau or something of those that would be in charge of allocating funds and setting a curriculum for all emergency workers such as police officers, firefighters, EMT workers so that the education might be of a higher quality and standardized nation wide. Their jurisdiction would be handling trainees. Once the individual has graduated they leave the CWEB and enter their preferred field. This would allow us to take some money from current services and make sure the funds are used for training and education specifically.

 @8PQMR6HLiberalfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, redirect SOME funding toward better social programs for non-violent offences.

 @8GCG6CPfrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

This is a greater issue in the States. For forces such as the RCMP, officers receive more specialized training to deal with social and community issues as well.

 @8KG75SDfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

No, diversify the training which police constables get, and create more community based initiatives and teams to foster healthy relations between the people and police.

 @8CRJFFBfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

More money should be spent on police rehabilitation and screening so police are better equipped and know what to do in certain situations

 @8C8JYY8from Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

No but police need specialized training in mental health and more training in non-leathal force

 @9F9SY9Wfrom Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, but don't take only a portion of the funds instead of all or a big amount of it.

 @9F4F8G8from Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

No, but that funding should be lessened while being focused towards training, regulations, and removing corruption

 @9F42NPPfrom Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

Depends on how effective and influential a social and community based programs are. It also depends on how much new technology and systems the local police need

 @9F2MK7Gfrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Remove community policing powers from the RCMP, community policing should be provincial and local responsibilities

 @9DWFG68from Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Yes. Fund real education programs, de stigmatize and legalize drugs responsibly and prioritize prosecuting real criminals for violent offenses

 @9DKJPVNConservativefrom Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

No, but make sure that there are more types of professionals who can respond to critical situations without the need for fatal weaponry, but lean towards non-fatal defense tools like tasers & mace.

 @9CBTBW3from Alberta  answered…2yrs2Y

Channel funds based on data collected regarding actual efficacy of reducing recidivism instead of current metrics.

 @8H6JLM3from Quebec  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, reduce the police budget and allocate police evenly across the city. Put funds into stopping sex trafficking, gun violence, etc. Stop over policing some areas over others.

 @Canadianpunk89  from Pennsylvania  answered…2wks2W

Yes but to a certain extent. Whether we like it or not, we still need the police otherwise it would be a total disaster when you think about it. We can maybe lower the funding and put the rest towards social services, therapy programs, etc.

 @9ZZX9XBfrom Ontario  answered…3wks3W

Be like Norway and dedicate a chunk of land to ‘prisoners’, give them a job and roommates. They’ll come out of ‘prison’ with a better attitude if you show them how they should be living/treated

 @9ZZPF5Kfrom Ontario  answered…3wks3W

Both police and community based programs are important. One should not lose funding to support the other.

 @9ZZDN9Yfrom Ontario  answered…3wks3W

I think a certain proportion of the funding should go to community development programs ie mental health services, poverty relief, food banks etc

 @9ZYRK5Zfrom Alberta  answered…3wks3W

More community based programs, but we also need a over haul of the entire policing system. Weed out the bad ones and retraining

 @9ZRQ8ZPfrom Nova Scotia  answered…1mo1MO

No, but the money going to the police should be used to implement strict vetting, in-depth training, and education on handling mental health crises. Hold the police accountable.

 @9ZP38BGfrom Nova Scotia  answered…1mo1MO

Police should still have funding for things they need, but non violent crimes should be redirected to community programs

 @9ZNZZY8from Ontario  answered…1mo1MO

No, increase funding and training for police constables and fund the hiring of social service workers to assist police in domestic calls.

 @9ZN3WL7from Quebec  answered…1mo1MO

Less spending on police and instead redirected to social and community based programs, but not an elimination of police.

 @9ZLDVNLfrom Ontario  answered…1mo1MO

No don’t increase or decrease funding yet. Onloy increase or decrease depending on the crime rate. Considering tighter gun laws and drug laws, we may be able to decrease funding until crime spikes again.

 @9ZKZ8TLfrom Ontario  answered…1mo1MO

Do not cut funds but add a health professional for call on mental health. Or have a trained police always with a mental health expert

 @9ZKKRXNfrom Alberta  answered…1mo1MO

I think that some resources should be redirected within departments to assist with training officers to deal with social issues and non-violent offenders better.

 @9ZGQ735from Ontario  answered…1mo1MO

No, it’s going to be misspent anyways, my aswell make sure it’s going to keep us safe than to be thrown away to the poor

 @9ZGGXJ6from Alberta  answered…1mo1MO

There should be targeted de-escalation training that should be reviewed and scored on performance, at the same time, balance out the the funding where it's most required. Local jurisdictions should be able to allocate funding based on needs if they are doing their jobs.

 @9ZDQ9FMfrom Ontario  answered…1mo1MO

yes if the local police department s well staffed and established in the community, then any fund that isnt use to maintain the establishment running can be use toward community based program

 @9ZDD7FVfrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

No, it shouldn't be taken from the police departments. But definitely increase funding through other means.

 @9ZD62G5Communistfrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

We need a combination of a rebuilt police system (there’s too much violence and gender inequality) and community-based responders for non-violent calls. I don’t think the police should be armed with deadly force. I think there needs to be more consideration for mental health in non-violent crimes.

 @9YNQFHTNew Democraticfrom Alberta  answered…2mos2MO

Yes, and training should be provided to police and 911 operators to ensure that the proper programs are dispatched to ongoing incidents.

 @9YNBJYHNew Democraticfrom Quebec  answered…2mos2MO

Yes and no, increase funding for local police departments to educate them but also create social and community-based programs that can deal with different types of situations.

 @9YKHL3Bfrom Manitoba  answered…2mos2MO

No, Funding should not be redirected it should instead be used more for reinforcing more modern ways of think and better strategy for solving problems and altercations

 @9YHS46Pfrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

We should not take away most of police funding. However, social programs should be correctly funded as it’s become an issue among society

 @9YFZV7Dfrom Quebec  answered…2mos2MO

Shouldn’t be completely redirected but for sure we should set aside some more funds for social and community based programs

 @9YF862Pfrom Quebec  answered…2mos2MO

Deal with problem areas effectively, other areas could probably scale back - look for savings in waste.

 @9XLTZWFfrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

Crime prevention should just be refocusing and rehabilitated, it is less about budgeting and more about police prioritizing helping the community than patroling it.

 @9WYDMSDfrom British Columbia  answered…2mos2MO

I support western separation, we should get rid of the RCMP and rebuild a new police force, there is definitely unnecessary funds given to the current police force that should be redirected towards social and community programs like a national mandatory rehabilitation program and social assistance.

 @nt2421from Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

More mental health workers for non-violent calls (crisis teams/addictions outreach workers), but unsure about police funding. These workers should be able to take non-violent people to the psych ER without the person needing to go in the back of the police car.

 @9WTF59Rfrom Alberta  answered…2mos2MO

Only have police with guns respond to violent crimes. Have unarmed peace officers respond to everything else

 @9WSS4QBfrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

A serious overhaul is required of all local police departments, starting with an audit of their funding and where it goes. Additionally, an in-depth review of the police officers currently serving their communities should be complete on every level to ensure no one is abusing their power. Lastly, add an unarmed community-based contingent with medical professionals for non-violent calls.

 @9WPPMKFRhinocerosfrom British Columbia  answered…2mos2MO

Redirect some police funding to other non-violent social service programs to help people instead of hurt them.

 @9WPFJ7Wfrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

No. Police funding should be unchanged, but additional funding should be directed to social and community based programs.

 @9WBH4S7from Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

I don't think we need to defund the police in order to fix social communities. I think we need to train out departments better

 @9WB68F2answered…2mos2MO

Maintain police funding and ADD social and community based programs in collaboration with the police

 @9W9ZRG7Greenfrom British Columbia  answered…2mos2MO

Yes, and more extensive training for officers in de escalation and cooperation with said community services

 @9W7GNYVfrom British Columbia  answered…2mos2MO

Increase funding for both police and alternative services, and direct these services where applicable to prevent unnecessary use of police forces.

 @9W74WNBfrom British Columbia  answered…2mos2MO

Allocate existing funding and resources towards educating officers on systemic racism inherent to the police system with the goal to reduce police brutality and racial profiling.

Direct more funds towards social and community-based programs - why does it have to come from the police fund? Question seems irrelevant and pointed.

 @9W6Y4BFfrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

I don't think it would be right to just defund the police however I don't think we need to fund them more than we are. I think if anything we can take a bit off of police funding.

 @9W4LHPNfrom British Columbia  answered…2mos2MO

Find a moderate solution by increasing funding for police training in community based responders, and ensure that all police are trained for both sides of law enforcement. Split shifts for each officer so they MUST do both types of work during their career in law enforcement

 @9W2MG5Vfrom British Columbia  answered…2mos2MO

I believe police departments need to keep their funding however increase funding to community based programs

 @9VYXS7LNew Democraticfrom British Columbia  answered…2mos2MO

No, existing funding in local police departments should be used more appropriately. More focus on mental health resources and training for officers. Social and community based programs should have boosted funding but it should not come from police departments necessarily.

 @9VYLRGPLiberalfrom New Brunswick  answered…2mos2MO

These points should not be at odds. There should be more funding for community/social intervention, however this does not have to come at the expense of policing and there may be more or less funding required for both.

 @9VVJGFWConservativefrom British Columbia  answered…2mos2MO

We still need the police as is, but we ALSO need much greater social and support programs. Once those are FIRMLY established and crime rate etc reduces naturally we can slowly reduce police forces

 @9VV3C5Kfrom New Brunswick  answered…2mos2MO

No, this is a classic version of carrot and stick. Carrot is the social programs, and the stick is the police, both are needed to have a safe and growing city.

 @9VRV3DMLiberalfrom Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

No but more funding needs to be provided for social and community programs. Also, policing needs to change to allow for community based responders to deal with non-violent calls. There should be a partnership with the 2.

 @9VP6P4Wfrom New Brunswick  answered…3mos3MO

I believe the re-education of police needs to happen and more in depth training in “life-threat ending” scenarios.

 @9VMWZRKfrom Manitoba  answered…3mos3MO

Yes, but only some of the funding should be given to social and community programs, we still need the police.

 @9VF5PGSfrom British Columbia  answered…3mos3MO

No, but there needs to be a way to ensure that we are getting our officers trained properly to deal with mental disability, and people of color. Learning to control anger is an incredibly important skill they need as well.

 @9VDXJVDfrom Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

Yes, add unarmed community social workers to respond to non-violent calls and free up police to deal with violent or more serious crimes.

 @9V9R57Lfrom Saskatchewan  answered…3mos3MO

No, but money going into the police department should be used to promote equality under the law, via trainings ect.

 @9V9BQ4Cfrom Alberta  answered…3mos3MO

The security of communities is to important to redirect the police funding to social programs. Money should be given to Social programs and allocated properly so that the right people get the right help

 @9V988CDfrom Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

I think decrease the funding and put it towards social and community programs, but do not completely get rid of funding towards police.

 @9V7L6BPfrom Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

Police should be funded and trained according to the crime rate and needs of the community. Alongside this, community programs should also be established.

 @9V5Y68Nfrom Alberta  answered…3mos3MO

I'm in favour of the funding for non-policing forms of public safety, although I still feel as though there should be some form of police force, though I know it's harder to fund both

 @9V5BSX9from British Columbia  answered…3mos3MO

Yes, redirect money into mental health social programs - also increase mental health training for police

 @9V4L9WZNew Democraticfrom British Columbia  answered…3mos3MO

Non violent ways of solving crime is indeed noble and sometimes the most positive way to solve a situations but the police also need the funding for crimes that aren;t able to be handle by means of non violence

 @9V46Q2Wfrom British Columbia  answered…3mos3MO

Funding and training for police departments should be increased for police. They should also increase funding for social and community based programs (somehow)

 @9V3Z483from Alberta  answered…3mos3MO

the answers are flawed their should be an in-between my answer would be " they should take away a percentage lets say between 15% to 25% of the funding for police and redirect that to social programs but that is not saying that police work isn't important but it is in need of regulation

 @9TZNWWHNew Democraticfrom British Columbia  answered…3mos3MO

Yes, some police funding could be redirected to community programs, but not cut altogether- police do need more training.

 @9TZNJBFfrom British Columbia  answered…3mos3MO

Put the fundings in training programs for police members to learn how to deal with different situations, avoiding gun use

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