“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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@B47JZP33wks3W
No, just increase funding for social based community programs while maintaining funding levels for local police.
@B2NXY75New Democratic3mos3MO
Potentially; if further funding is allocated to preventative measures, such as community based programs, only after proof of success (i.e. lower crime rate) should funding for responsive measures such as police be lessened.
@9TD4C8D7mos7MO
No, funding for police should stay the same but still give social and community programs more funding
@9GH2KFF1yr1Y
No. The government's job is to create laws and enforce them. The police are necessary and should receive much more funding.
@9G4FL6Z 2yrs2Y
No, ONLY if they increase the training for police departments everywhere and ADDING an unarmed community branch for non-violent calls
@9FR4Q6CRhinoceros2yrs2Y
No, while increasing funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities, and lowering funding in communities with lower crime rates and give that funding to social and community based programmes.
@9FM2Z9T2yrs2Y
nope because when a police officer murders
@9F9XTJP2yrs2Y
Give better training and make sure cops don’t go on power trips or are realist/sexist
@9F9THK32yrs2Y
No, I don't think so. I think that police departments are good as they are, If we can reduce the amount of abuse of power then that would be great.
@9F8ZNQ42yrs2Y
Decrease certain amount but still have funds for them as to provide for a better training and longer training hours and for better background checks for them.
@9DZQ8XP2yrs2Y
Yes, Police should be more monitored and held accountable for their actions and/or ignorance. No more protecting cops from the consequences of their actions
@9DMFJ762yrs2Y
Yes, replace some funding to community programs
@9DK3RYT2yrs2Y
No. The police should work in collaboration with social and community based programs. The police should be a last resort option during emergencies, but preventing crime before it happens can still be done with social programs.
@9C8YBHH2yrs2Y
No, because how society raises someone plays a part in crime rate; however, the local police force is still needed, so it can't be replaced entirely. Therefore, money should be directed to both without taking from each other
@938GZQVConservative3yrs3Y
INCRESS TRAINING BETTER TRAIND OFFICERS that's all
@8VS9G2X4yrs4Y
Yes, abolish city police and make it provincial.
@8V55QDJ4yrs4Y
Some funding yes, police are not trained to respond properly to all of the situations that they are expected to.
@8V4CHV74yrs4Y
No, increase funding to train police officers in psychology to deal with problems more diplomatically.
@8TB5BXB4yrs4Y
No, funding should be directed at both evenly
@8S9XVC44yrs4Y
Yes, but not all funding taken away from police.
@9C4Z6J42yrs2Y
Yes, a portion equivalent to their social welfare calls, then support them (police) with trained mental health care professionals funded from that cost.
@9C475H42yrs2Y
Increase time it takes to become a police offer and prefrom mental health evaluations
@996L2JH2yrs2Y
No, There should instead be more funding put into community outreach programs established by the police. Add funding in order to create a better relationship between the police and the citizens.
@92TJC3N3yrs3Y
yes, but it should be considered of a standard that will not make the city unsafe
@B4DMP4Z2wks2W
increase funding and training in higher crime rate communities, but in lower crime rate communities, there should be more unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls
@9F2S3492yrs2Y
Maintain police funding and put efforts toward an unarmed service meant to respond to non violent or non dangerous distress calls and use the police for serious investigations and violent situations.
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