“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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@B3F2G6X 2mos2MO
Funding should be re-allocated to include not only standard training for police but also de-escalation training, thorough psych evaluations and community support workers for non-violent calls.
@8XRVDH53yrs3Y
Yes, but only Some of the funding should be redirected
@8X895X73yrs3Y
Yes, increase communication/psychological training
@8WW67HM3yrs3Y
Give more money to both police programs for proper training, and redirect some funds to social community programs
Expand police services to include social workers.
@8VT4WW34yrs4Y
Fund the police AND create a mental health department
@8V5TPXXNew Democratic4yrs4Y
No, but allocate a significant amount of funding to psychological evaluations and mental health/empathy training.
@8V59R764yrs4Y
No, the police should get more money for training purposes so issues with the police will no longer happen
No, but such funding needs to be provided in addition to better de-escalation training for law enforcement
@8QCVLP44yrs4Y
Maintain police funding and create mental health units to support police
@8PZNWGT4yrs4Y
Do not cut police funding, create mental health units with every police department
@8PJCGJG4yrs4Y
Funding should be increased to include more training for officers when responding to non-violent crimes and to include departments to include a community-based contingent for all police departments
@99WQYKD2yrs2Y
No, increase funding for social programs without lessening police funding
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