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

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.

Allocate existing funding and resources towards educating officers on systemic racism inherent to the police system with the goal to reduce police brutality and racial profiling.

Direct more funds towards social and community-based programs - why does it have to come from the police fund? Question seems irrelevant and pointed.

The police should be replaced and led by uncorrupted and non racist individuals to avoid police brutality and racism, instead of playing to white supremacy.

Part of it could be for funding local police departments, but some of it could also be used for community based programs.

Maybe just let an accountant comb through the police budget without threat of livelihood being compromised. I’m sure there’s plenty of fat to cut.

Policy decisions should be data-based on whether more social services or more police would benefit a given district/

Invest in both

I think that we should have funding for programs for at risk youth but, we should have better training for high crime areas.

Depends on the area but yes cut some of their funding.

do not cut the funding for police but create less harmful responders for non violent calls

keep it the same and find other funds for community based programs as well.

Unfortunately there has been several cases of police brutality towards POC, in the past decade especially, but those working for the police for the greater good of their community still require funding to be able to do so. More funding should go towards ensuring officers are morally and physically trained for the position, and funding for social and community based programs should come from somewhere else, or in small portions from the police.

They should each be their own thing

Try to balance both

Police funding should remain healthy while still dispersing a helpful and fair amount of money to social and community-based programs.

No, instead create new positions for mental health and crisis counseling experts to assist in non-violent calls

No, funding should be increased to include alternative response methods. In GB and other countries, first responders don't have guns. Several teams intervene before armed response. And increase funding to community programs like mental health initiatives and youth counselling as prevention.

some funding should be taken from police but not all funding

the police should get more funding fo better training especially in racial bias.

Yes, but with the hope that the police departments train in a social work course.

Better training for police and use of community bases programs

they should be trained on how to respect

I believe it should go in both way

No, redirect funding in police to train for de-escalation and other types of training

Some funding should be directed to unarmed community based responders

Evaluate and relocate funds after a national audit.

Increase or maintain funding and significantly increase training, impose stricter oversight and punishment, and increase mandatory mental health evaluations and treatment forpolice.

Yes, mental health advocates along side the police

Some funding reduction and directed to social workers

Reallocate funding for more desecalation training and mental health training

Police need more comprehensive training AND we need more money for social programs.

No.. just fix the broken mental healthcare system.

No, maintain current funding

Increase funding to help officers be better through education and sensitivity training

Put more funding in mental health approaches and training for police officers

SOME funding should be redirected to other community services, yes.

Money needs to be allocating into better training, especially when it comes to mental health and learn non violent interventions

Not fully redirected, but more money should be going to community, but also still some going to police

Absolutely, the police are a joke. They do nothing to help and just cause anxiety. We need more social programming.

Defund both the police and social programs

No but more funding should go to social and community based programs

Keep police, increase funding to social support systems

No, funding for police should include de-esclation, and a focus on mental stress health

The justice system needs to be overhauled to better suit the values of our society of today for all people. There needs to be a partnership between police and social resources to address the calls coming in and resolve them safely.

How about funding both?

fund the police so they can stop being racist

Police should receive more training but the government should also be putting more money into social and community based programs.

No but change the policing system to handle non violent and violent people/situations better.

no, increase funding and training for de escalation tactics and address best practices for managing people in a mental health crisis

police should have access to more training and social workers and addiction counsellors should be on site if needed.

Some funding should be taken out of the police budget and put towards better social programs

I believe the police are an important staple in community safety, however i believe that SOME of their funding should be funneled into social and community initiatives.

No, but increase collaboration between police and public health

Some, but I still think funding is important to our service members. Adequate training, and more support systems for non-violent crime and mental health is a middle ground I think could help.

Yes, add more mental health and social service workers to their teams

They should lower funding for certain departments and increase funding to programs to solve underlying issues we need both police and programs

Not familiar enough with practice

Keep funding for police but add funding for community programs

No, there should be more funding for police departments in mental health education to best support the community.

More funding should be sent to community based programs but also towards training the police

Yes it should be redirected. But also training and the intake process should be changed to determine people's views on things. Helping to limit and abolish the amount of racists and sexists in the force.

Yes, part of police funding should be allocated to social & community based programs based on regional requirements, supervised by non-police leadership.

No, there should be an appropriate share amongst social programs that decrease crime and police should have increased funding for proper equipment and advanced psychological and situational training

No, police should not be abolished, but funding for social and community based programs should be increased, and police should be trained to better respond/be vetted more before being hired.

Integrate social programs and medical staff with local police for relevant calls (eg. psych calls, ODs)

Continue to fund the police and add community support funding for youth and dealing with specialized services.

Do not decrease police funding but also raise social program funding

both should be supported

I think we need police, but we should add funding towards proper mental health training

I believe police should not carry guns or be allowed to physically abuse anyone is any way

Redirect a small amount

More funding should be allocated do proper mental health support can be used but not all finding

Yes, and local police forces should hire community based groups as consultants

There should be a remodeling of current police practices and standards with an emphasis on removing an 'us vs them' mentality and culture within police forces as well as a demilitarisation of police forces. Funds from military style equipment for police forces aught to be spent on community based social programs.

I think we need the police more than ever but we need to put money in for better training. More deescalation rather than aggression. I think we need a fair balance of supported social programs and training the police properly.

I think it the police should reformed instead of defunded

Amalgamate the services so that police have the same training as mental health officials. Because at the same time if it’s a serious issue the non-armed mental health people could be hurt/killed. Plus extensive background checks for police officers. (Social media, etc to monitor for racist and destructive behaviour)

More substantial background and mental stability checks to become a police officer.

I think that it should be split more evenly, because both programs are important

yes, But not all funding just a portion.

Only partially. There are benefits to more social and community programs and less police, but not no police.

increase funding for police to get better training and smarter cops

no, the money should be equally distributed.

More police training, crisis training and psychological checks, also hold police accountable and have bigger consequences for using lethal force unless in extreme high risk cases.

There should be a combination.

No, but reform of police and increased accountability and funding + training to train officers to not use excessive, unneeded force.

Yes and No, but after a full audit is done to understand where the spending goes but there needs to be some funding still going to the police

just a bit of funding

The Police departments do not need funding for military equipment. The Police departments should receive less funding, but we do still need Police. The funding not needed for military equipment should go to community programs

I feel that we should still have a police department but our officers should require more training and schooling and taught to eliminate bias

I think increasing funding for better training only.

I feel that police need more training and testing. But also they should be more restricted on thier funds.

I think that there should be a redirection in some funding to support social services that would reduce the need for police to be at mental health or addictions calls

Yes, but maintain some funding for police as well as increase training.

I think that the money should be put towards harder testing to make sure that police or more properly selected and we'll carefully selected .

Police reform but keep the same amount of money