“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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@9YNBJYHNew Democratic5mos5MO
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.
@9NSB2VW10mos10MO
No, but there should be an increased partnership btw police and community based responders/specialists relating to mental health crises.
@9FNK8W2New Democratic2yrs2Y
Funds can be redirected while also giving more training to the officers to handle certain situations better
@9D64G5C2yrs2Y
No, police should have funds for a reform
@967LCLV3yrs3Y
Redirect police funds for better training to prevent violence, as well as saving some funds for community based programmes
@954ZCRD3yrs3Y
No, but social and community-based programs should receive more funding and police training should be strengthened by them.
@93RMGTG3yrs3Y
Yes, but not all. Only a portion.
@92NRJM93yrs3Y
Keep local police funding and add social and community programs.
@8YX8TTP3yrs3Y
Don’t really know honestly
@8YL8VP23yrs3Y
Keep local police forces, abolish the rcmp
@8Y799G23yrs3Y
Increase funding for police training while also funding social and community-based programs. (Community-based programs need not be funded by funding for police departments.)
@8W4VQ8Z4yrs4Y
No, but more funds should be directed to social and community based programs.
@8VTXQQXNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Part of the funding should be redirected but the funding allocated to the police should be used to focus on de-escalation training, especially in higher-risk areas
@8VTLCRP4yrs4Y
Police should have some funding with additional funding going to other forms of responders
@8Q45PZQ4yrs4Y
Add special mental health teams to help police
@8PJQWSR4yrs4Y
@92F92XH3yrs3Y
Maintain enforcement budgets but reinvest community liaison budgets and services to health care and social services
No, incremental funding add to social services
@8T3TSWF4yrs4Y
The gov should be abolished for personal privet freedom
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