“Defund the police” is a slogan that supports divesting funds from police departments and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety and community support, such as social services, youth services, housing, education, healthcare and other community resources.
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@9ZGGXJ65mos5MO
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.
@9TTCGQS7mos7MO
No, funding should be directed to social and community based programs but “abolishing the police” and reducing funding for police is not an answer
@9M6X2Z812mos12MO
Increase police funding to provide training and staffing able to deal with social and mental health issues more appropriately
@9F8W4ZC2yrs2Y
@9F85HPW2yrs2Y
I feel as though the funding for local police departments should be also directed towards higher education and training for police officers/
@9F7VDWM2yrs2Y
@9BN77J72yrs2Y
No just increase funding for those programs
@9BKH2QQ2yrs2Y
Police funding should be redirected into proper shelters and care fore the homeless.
@95N7VRR3yrs3Y
No, fund the police enforcement, but invest more on social programs for youth.
@8ZTXBKP3yrs3Y
No but programs on proper training should be presented every couples years, to keep police violence low
@8VV8SMT4yrs4Y
Yes, but still give them enough money to police yo still provide services to severe offenses
@8VRKHHB4yrs4Y
Take some of the fends from for the police yeah but, keep most of it for the police departments.
@8VMRZM94yrs4Y
Yes and no, maybe some of the funds?
@8SD6V3S4yrs4Y
No, increse spending to tech police bout non lethal takedown methods (disarming and grappling) and help bring back the respect for the police that try to keep us safe
@8QD9VKN4yrs4Y
Police need to be better trained in de-escalation techniques, and should also not be the first to respond to potentially dangerous citizens who have mental illness. It only leads to violence. Furthermore, I believe police need to be monitored carefully, especially their public social media.
@8J6T4HZ5yrs5Y
There should be funding for both. We need police but we also need community based responders to go to more calls the police don't need to be at
@9C5YYG62yrs2Y
Some what more to the social and community based programs
@98YRBP72yrs2Y
Give slightly less funding to police departments but maybe give a little extra to social and community programs
@8VJ7MXZ4yrs4Y
Yes but don't abolish all police funding, instead fund their training to better educate them on mental health, communication, and harm reduction
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