Should funding for local police departments be redirected to social and community based programs?

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Funding should be put into training for RCMP who respond to mental health and wellness checks. They need to learn how to deescalate situations without the use of anything but words.

The police should be replaced and led by uncorrupted and non racist individuals to avoid police brutality and racism, instead of playing to white supremacy.

It totally depends on the jurisdiction in question. Allocating funding to social programs matters, it can come from police budgets, but I don’t associate them closely.

A nuanced approach looking for the right balance would be better than putting one against the other.

This should be a blended approach. Increase social programs but not at the cost of police, until the benefits have taken effect

Maybe just let an accountant comb through the police budget without threat of livelihood being compromised. I’m sure there’s plenty of fat to cut.

Policy decisions should be data-based on whether more social services or more police would benefit a given district/

I think that more funding should go towards getting proper training for officers, especially psychological training because you never know when you will encounter someone in a crisis.

no, current funding should be used for teaching about mental health issues in the people as well as de-escalating situations and non-violent tactics

The government needs to smarten up and be financially responsible. This includes putting importance on both police and social programming with the goal of crime reduction. This isn't rocket science.

Yes, however we still need armed police officers. They need to go through more training as well as adding more social and community based programs

Invest in both

Remove some funding from police, put it back into communities. I wouldn’t say replace all police but definitely agree w having an unarmed person responding to non violent calls

I think that we should have funding for programs for at risk youth but, we should have better training for high crime areas.

Depends on the area but yes cut some of their funding.

Funding for police should be used for increased training to transition to public servants rather than enforcers

No, but money should be spent on regulating the police and training them thoroughly.

do not cut the funding for police but create less harmful responders for non violent calls

Police are needed to prevent chaos, but training and social community based programs are also needed. An interdisceplinary approach is viable when training and funding is properly assigned.

keep it the same and find other funds for community based programs as well.

No, Increase training for police officers for social work

They should each be their own thing

Police funding should remain healthy while still dispersing a helpful and fair amount of money to social and community-based programs.

It should be at 50%

Yes, but with limited, not no, spending

No, instead create new positions for mental health and crisis counseling experts to assist in non-violent calls

No, funding should be increased to include alternative response methods. In GB and other countries, first responders don't have guns. Several teams intervene before armed response. And increase funding to community programs like mental health initiatives and youth counselling as prevention.

some funding should be taken from police but not all funding

No, but increase required police training and accountability

It should split but more focused on the community

Don’t really know honestly

Continue the funding but limit it and redirect them for community needs.

the police should get more funding fo better training especially in racial bias.

Yes, but with the hope that the police departments train in a social work course.

Better training for police and use of community bases programs

they should be trained on how to respect

Yes for only certain topics

some of the funding should go to social and community based programs

No, redirect funding in police to train for de-escalation and other types of training

Some funding should be directed to unarmed community based responders

Evaluate and relocate funds after a national audit.

Increase or maintain funding and significantly increase training, impose stricter oversight and punishment, and increase mandatory mental health evaluations and treatment forpolice.

More education and more screening

Yes, mental health advocates along side the police

Reallocate funding for more desecalation training and mental health training

Police need more comprehensive training AND we need more money for social programs.

No.. just fix the broken mental healthcare system.

No, maintain current funding

Increase funding to help officers be better through education and sensitivity training

Change finding allocation: more to training and far far less to arming them and new vehicles and the like. Leftover funds towards community based responders

We still need police officers in the world no matter how hard we try and push them away. We just need a stronger approach on who to hire and training specific to understand their job and what they can and can’t do. Just because you have a badge doesn’t mean you win.

Social and community based programs should be apart of local police departments

Put more funding in mental health approaches and training for police officers

SOME funding should be redirected to other community services, yes.

No, but should invest in social programs that work with police

Money needs to be allocating into better training, especially when it comes to mental health and learn non violent interventions

Not fully redirected, but more money should be going to community, but also still some going to police

Funding shouldn’t be taken away from police but more funding should be put in place for community based programs

Absolutely, the police are a joke. They do nothing to help and just cause anxiety. We need more social programming.

No but more funding should go to social and community based programs

Keep police, increase funding to social support systems

No, funding for police should include de-esclation, and a focus on mental stress health

The justice system needs to be overhauled to better suit the values of our society of today for all people. There needs to be a partnership between police and social resources to address the calls coming in and resolve them safely.

fund the police so they can stop being racist

It should be split appropriately between both. More funding for social and economic programs could mean less crime

Police should receive more training but the government should also be putting more money into social and community based programs.

Increase funding and training for police departments around the country and also redirect some funding towards social and crisis based forces trained to deal with certain situations

No but change the policing system to handle non violent and violent people/situations better.

no, increase funding and training for de escalation tactics and address best practices for managing people in a mental health crisis

police should have access to more training and social workers and addiction counsellors should be on site if needed.

Some funding should be taken out of the police budget and put towards better social programs

Funding should be increased fro police departments in higher crime rate communities. But social and community based programs should also get more funding

Police should not be defunded but spending on social programs should be increased

Yes, replace police with ARMED community based responders for non-violent calls

Add more mental health services in conjunction with the police.

Yes up to a certain amount

I believe the police are an important staple in community safety, however i believe that SOME of their funding should be funneled into social and community initiatives.

Some, but I still think funding is important to our service members. Adequate training, and more support systems for non-violent crime and mental health is a middle ground I think could help.

Yes, add more mental health and social service workers to their teams

They should lower funding for certain departments and increase funding to programs to solve underlying issues we need both police and programs

Stop putting caps on police and let them do their job to ACTUALLY serve and protect.

More funding should be sent to community based programs but also towards training the police

Fund the police but also have a mental health unit or medical persons to be involved

Maintain their funding but divert wellness checks and suicide threats to mental health workers to relieve some workload on the officers.

Increase funding for de-escalation police practices and social programs, maintain salaries for police officers as is

No, police should not be abolished, but funding for social and community based programs should be increased, and police should be trained to better respond/be vetted more before being hired.

Integrate social programs and medical staff with local police for relevant calls (eg. psych calls, ODs)

Yes, we should Reform our police system