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

Over policing doesn’t stop crime or fix the crime rate. There are issues with immigration, the judicial system ect. This is an important issue, but it’s more complex than the answers provide

Increase funding so police can do their jobs BUT provide teaching and rules to eliminate bias that leads to abuse of power against minority/native communties. Incident reviews and repurcussions should be determined by an outside source to prevent cover-ups

Add funding for social programs, to reduce crime. Then more funding can be redirected from police services

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

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

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

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

There should be more funding for the police to have crisis intervention departments who respond calls involved with mental health crises who also have separate uniforms and are unarmed but still have restraint and deescalation training. This team should consist of social workers and psychotherapists as well as other types of crisis intervention type professions.

Police departments should be funded according to the area of the police station (crime rates, etc)

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.

Law enforcement should be better trained to handle Social non-violent calls, and have more responsibility /accountability for their actions.

Social and community based programs should be funded to coegsist along side of police. These programs should then take over for police in response to specific calls that fall under their umbrella, such as mental health and well being checks.

Both should be funded as equally as possible

Both are equally important. The police can help solve problems when it’s too late to turn back, but social resources can aid people in getting help and prevent them from resorting to crime in the first place.

There should be salaries for different types of policing - traffic vs beat cops for example and some money should be diverted for social workers

Yes, don't take all the funding but take some of the excess funds for social and community based programs

Decrease budget ,by 20 % to social programs in the communityp

Some funding can be allocated to other things but there should be funding for the police. And there should be investments in police reform and policy reviews within criminal justice.

Should stay

Don't abolish or defund the police but make a system where non-violent crimes are handled by social experts and programs.

No set police budget @1.5X and have minimum requirements for community service

Reliable, trustworthy, proactive policing is part of a healthy and safe society. Proactive policing is most effective when other social programs to assist anyone in need (health care, food, shelter) are busy (and appropriately funded/staffed) too.

Yes, but only some of the police budget should go towards social and community based programs

Yes, but put it towards helping understand culture and to not be racist.