“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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@B2VVFRQ2mos2MO
increase funding and training and increase social and community based programs. require local police departments to enforce traffic laws.
@9MHXBX411mos11MO
maybe give a quarter of the funding to the other programs and keep the three other quarters to fund the cops
This is a garbage topic. We should consider other options than police for wellness checks. Funding local police and social community programs is warranted and there is room for improvement on both.
@9F8XJM82yrs2Y
Police officers become trained to respond to non-violent issues better
@9C2536N2yrs2Y
Take some money away from policing but not all of it.
@9BP479Y2yrs2Y
Yes but can be changed depending on situations that arise.
@96NQ9L62yrs2Y
yes, but not fully because there is more then just non violent/ dangeris criminals
@8ZR6F7T3yrs3Y
Some money should be redirected to social and community based programs, including mental health, addiction services and anti poverty groups. If we deal with poverty, addiction and mental health issues first, there will be less need for policing.
Police should have better training and they should learn how to handle situations with as little violence possible maybe even without weapons (depends on the circumstance).
@8XQX2DN3yrs3Y
No, Increase Funding and Training for All Police inorder to reduce Police Shootings and Misconduct
@8XNY52L3yrs3Y
If a police does something wrong, such as murder (unless needed to save their life) or theft, they should be put in jail. If murder because of taking advantage of their power and a person, should get life in jail or atleast 20-50 years with no bail option.
@8VJVNDV4yrs4Y
How can this be a yes or no questions… the money follows regulations and structures, not the other way around
@8V2SY754yrs4Y
Invest more money in training for police officers AND social services that are meant to support those in need with mental health and addiction issues.
@8TVWP8T4yrs4Y
Yes and replace police with first responders who are highly trained and educated who are unarmed in less crime areas and carry batons in high crime rate areas
@8TGF9LJ4yrs4Y
Not all funding, but probably some.
@8TCW4N34yrs4Y
No, but each emergency response team should have a registered social worker to deescalate specific situations.
@wackytabackyboi4yrs4Y
both should have more funding.
@8S98NR64yrs4Y
Yes, introduce co-op programs in which mental health professionals work alongside plain clothed police officers.
They should be training the cops better cops are (pussies who need a gun to feel safe)
@8PV79T94yrs4Y
Pivot funding towards training towards problem-solving training and similar things.
@8PV52KR4yrs4Y
Funding shouldn't be cut but there should be a lot more social community based programs
@8PSKHZN4yrs4Y
Decrease police weapons in non-violence related scenarios.
@616knightNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Yes, but slowly so there is not a vacuum during the change
@9BYCJZH2yrs2Y
in between, yes the police should have more funding and more training but also have highly interviewed volunteers for lower crimes.
@9BBDR3X2yrs2Y
Some funding should be redirected to social and community based programs and police should be replaced with mental-health professionals for mental-health related calls, but not all funding.
@99KLG4D2yrs2Y
The funding should be shared.
@989QNY22yrs2Y
replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls increase funding and training for police departments in higher violent crime rate communities
@923XY2R3yrs3Y
Both sides of the coin should have enough funding to cover their needs.
Reduce the police funding partially (maximum by 5%) to fund specialists who can deal with non-violent calls in a better way than the police.
@8Y2B7KC3yrs3Y
Only fund the police for their NEEDS, like guns and bulletproof items for safety and hire people that help rehabilitate criminals.
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