“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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@8NZGK76Conservative4yrs4Y
Funding needs to be based on the area. Funding also needs to be assigned to social and community programs to help reduce crime and in turn can lead reduced spending foe the police
@9DKJPVNConservative2yrs2Y
No, but make sure that there are more types of professionals who can respond to critical situations without the need for fatal weaponry, but lean towards non-fatal defense tools like tasers & mace.
@9VVJGFWConservative6mos6MO
We still need the police as is, but we ALSO need much greater social and support programs. Once those are FIRMLY established and crime rate etc reduces naturally we can slowly reduce police forces
@9T98NNNConservative7mos7MO
The police academy is a short program that teaches police how to shoot a gun and other physical things. There should be more emphasis on being educated on how to respond without automatically resorting to violence, and how to help the citizens effectively. They should also test for the mental health of the individual who wants to get into the police academy to make sure they are of sound mind.
@9STLGWFConservative8mos8MO
Both are important ways to enforce the law. Social and community based programs are simply better long term solutions. However, the police should not be underfunded for this purpose.
@9S3NX6KConservative8mos8MO
I think the police still have a place in our society as community enforcement however we do need more social supports
@9RHHX54Conservative9mos9MO
Yes and no, funding should be spread as needed for the police officers themselves and then the people community and social programs
@9PDK76PConservative10mos10MO
No, Evaluating the current funding allocations, exploring ways to enhance community-oriented policing and collaborating with stakeholders to find solutions that promote both safety and social equity
@9K4LLL8Conservative1yr1Y
not all but some of the funding should go to social and community programs to understand safety and rights protection.
@9JDMRFRConservative1yr1Y
No, increase funding and training for police departments to be better equipped to deal with difficult calls ie. mental health issues, sex crimes etc...
@9HHTQD6Conservative1yr1Y
Slower transition to community support so crime is reduced. As crime rates are lowered, then replace policing with more enriching community well being programs.
@9G6V25R2yrs2Y
Make police funding less by decrease money and the tax on the money, in local police departments that is. And the poorer higher crime rate community's should have more training and funding
@9FW5VSF2yrs2Y
Both, new programs for criminals and drug addicts for rehab should be established but police budget should remain
@9FSXQWPConservative2yrs2Y
increase funding and training for police but also put a lot of funding into social and community based programs
@9FR2W9PConservative2yrs2Y
Police funding should be a combination of funding regular police activities as well as funding social and community based programs.
@9FPW8LSConservative2yrs2Y
fund the police more and increase training but also put in social/community based programs in high crime areas
@9FF93ZP2yrs2Y
I feel like this is an area thing again. Places like Marlborough or Forest Lawn/Heights should get a more trained and faster responding police force, whereas safer communities don't need it as much.
@8PJDYXKConservative4yrs4Y
I'm in the middle on this one because community programs are good but also having a good police force is good as well.
@96KSTFXConservative3yrs3Y
If it didn’t affect police training or their ability to improve and protect the community.
@96JZXNCConservative3yrs3Y
Well yes and no. As we need our police propally trained and go through an arrange of political tests to make sure they will be a protector to our community not an agitator in some cases. I also say no as we need more funding for certain schools to help kids learn what a community should look like in a good enviorment instead of ones that have confrontation everywhere. On the news as well as personal event in ones case.
@964XZRFConservative3yrs3Y
yes, but in small amounts over time
@964SF29Conservative3yrs3Y
No we should have both police and programs with trained professionals.
@95VB5JDConservative3yrs3Y
work with other emergency responders together and retrain law enforcement.
@95HYWG6Conservative3yrs3Y
No, funding should be given to both police departments and community based programs.
@95CVJ66Conservative3yrs3Y
Yes, I believe that we should reduce 20% of the police force's budget and redirect it to helping young people before they become criminals.
@956JQQ3Conservative3yrs3Y
Leave Funding as it is but change how the police system works and how they are trained.
@938GZQVConservative3yrs3Y
INCRESS TRAINING BETTER TRAIND OFFICERS that's all
@936GL49Conservative3yrs3Y
it is good right now in Canada
@932Q34QConservative3yrs3Y
more funding towards realistic laws
@927VB5QConservative3yrs3Y
@8ZX79MR3yrs3Y
@8ZX3GXZConservative3yrs3Y
No, issues with police are due to inadequate funding. Increase police funding
@8ZW42TKConservative3yrs3Y
they should both work together
@8ZV8J2T3yrs3Y
There should be money for the local police departments but also should put money in community based programs.
@8ZHHTXV3yrs3Y
Keep funding the same and add community based programs and education.
@8Z8QBTT3yrs3Y
it should be 50/50 or 60/40 for police departments
@8YY8CVNConservative3yrs3Y
i feel that we should retrain them and get better training programs for them
@8YX8XVZConservative3yrs3Y
I believe that the police still need funding in order to protect the people but the funding for social and community programs should be increased.
@8YWGQBYConservative3yrs3Y
Increase funding for both social/community programs and police. Both are necessary.
@8YFHZQZConservative3yrs3Y
No, but redirect funding towards more non violent conflict resolution
@8Y9JCC6Conservative3yrs3Y
I think the funding for all should be weighed but that police departments need better training and oversight over their "employees" as all jobs have bad apples. its just having bad apples in the police department is REALLY not good.
@8XNB9Y3Conservative3yrs3Y
No, but have the police be more integrated into the community.
@8WQMLDZConservative3yrs3Y
Use the money to properly train police officers.
@8WGGKWWConservative4yrs4Y
they should be better trained to defuse conflict
@8W8BSH6Conservative4yrs4Y
Part community funding. Less police with less protections from wrong doing. External ombudsman to remove police protections and firing. Personally liable for wrong acts not just criminal. Theft, Co-ersion, drugs, protection money, excessive force, whole wide range of horrible things.
@8W24G454yrs4Y
Police should receive more funding, and social and community should also receive more funding
@8VXCDP5Conservative4yrs4Y
I believe it should go in both way
@8VW8MLW4yrs4Y
Police need to completely be reformed
@8VVNVTFConservative4yrs4Y
Yes, but also increase funding and training in higher crime rate communities.
@8VTHT2SConservative4yrs4Y
There should be a middle ground where police have funding and training, but there are different branches for responding to non violent crimes, mental health crisis, etc
@8VSJ6X9Conservative4yrs4Y
Just out up cameras the police are useless
@8VQ4XBKConservative4yrs4Y
police should get more funding
@8VMP336Conservative4yrs4Y
Support both and encouraging the cooperation between both to provide a better service overall
@8VMC99FConservative4yrs4Y
We should increase training for police so they are more competent. There is a clear issue, but defunding will only make it worse.
@8VM72DHConservative4yrs4Y
It should be half and half. They need their equipment, but also need to have a good relationship with the public.
@8VKNBZTConservative4yrs4Y
Keep police, increase funding to social support systems
@8VK6WC54yrs4Y
To a point, but there should also be an effort to improve the quality of policing so that instances of police brutality/misconduct are less common.
@8VJK386Conservative4yrs4Y
No, but create a program where it involves more mental health awareness
@8VH8FBHConservative4yrs4Y
No, not redirected. Funding should be provisioned and allocated to both police and social/community based programs to better prepare each party for issues that arise.
@8VC7N6SConservative4yrs4Y
Deparmentalize the roles of "police" and improve the reporting infrastructure to properly respond to issue at hand
@8VBY7CMConservative4yrs4Y
Funding should be increased fro police departments in higher crime rate communities. But social and community based programs should also get more funding
@8V9G9Q5Conservative4yrs4Y
Maintain funding for RCMP, but implement funding for social / community programs as well.
@8V7DGQWConservative4yrs4Y
Funding should be focused on educating police overs and making them better equipped to deal with situations. Police offers should be held accountable; remove the power from the unions to protect them when they have done wrong.
@8V6FCJJConservative4yrs4Y
Some funds should be redirected along with responsibilities like health checks.
@8TYLQ6VConservative4yrs4Y
Fund the police but also have a mental health unit or medical persons to be involved
@8TXZ94XConservative4yrs4Y
Some funding and duties could be reallocated to social workers however should still be under the ospice of the police department
@8TXSVCB4yrs4Y
No, Policing needs to be formally educated on the labelling of Justice Involved Peoples. This prerogative would allow prejudice and discrimination to be recognized, and draw away the pressures on minority groups.
@8TX4X5TConservative4yrs4Y
No, not right away. But if we spend more money for social community based programs than in theory we shouldnt need to spend as much policing. However it wouldnt be an overnight process
@8TWT6YM4yrs4Y
Yes, some funding for local police departments should be redirected to professional medical services for healthcare calls
@8TVW68ZConservative4yrs4Y
No, it shouldnt be redirected but more funding should be provided to community based programs as well.
@8TJPP2DConservative4yrs4Y
No, Increase funding for training police. Also add funding for social and community based programs
@8T48MSHConservative4yrs4Y
Funding should be directed to use of force training for Officers.
@8SX46DKConservative4yrs4Y
I think they should both be equal because we need more safety and more social programs for everyone.
@8SRSRSPConservative4yrs4Y
yes but not too much only a little chunk
@8SDXRNDConservative4yrs4Y
More money put into mental health but we need police
@8RTDVQMConservative4yrs4Y
Both social programs and local police departments require more funding to make society as safe as possible.
@8RL47CS4yrs4Y
Maintain existing policing functions but improve training to include identifying mental health issues and becoming more active in reducing the opportunity to commit crimes not simply responding to reported crimes.. Greater emphasis on educated and socially aware officers.
@8RL3DTN4yrs4Y
Leave the police out of it. Redirect funds from elsewhere towards social and community based programs.
@8R4XDLTConservative4yrs4Y
No but more money should be allocated to social and community based programs.
@8QRNKHZConservative4yrs4Y
No, this might be the stupidest question of all time
@8QNG7HKConservative4yrs4Y
Demilitirize police and don't increase social program
@8Q85WSS4yrs4Y
No the police should not have reduced funding, but rather the funds given to them should be given for specific reason as to not allow law enforcement to spent money on things that they don't actually need.
@8PZG5QPConservative4yrs4Y
Leave the police fully enabled. Create positions for trained helpers as part of EMS to pick up the load of poverty and psychodrama policing.
@8PYQPWZConservative4yrs4Y
Hold officers accountable for their actions
@8PRX4HX4yrs4Y
Yes funding should be allocated to other places but the current policing situation should not change
@8PMZ6RBConservative4yrs4Y
neither, spend the money on something more important, like schools
@8PKLLMSConservative4yrs4Y
Community policing so the police know the people around them, hence lowering the danger involved with being stopped by police
@8PJTXB7Conservative4yrs4Y
Yes, but only for Mental health resources
@8PDF7S5Conservative4yrs4Y
@8PDP67XConservative4yrs4Y
Yes, increase funding everywhere so that they can be trained more efficiently.
@8PB4XDQConservative4yrs4Y
We should at least find a way to fund other services without defending them
@8P4WB7VConservative4yrs4Y
A portion but not all of police budget could be directed to social programming
@8FL8FNVConservative5yrs5Y
Keep the police and have branches that aid in social programs
@99PMZC6Conservative2yrs2Y
You can't defund the police, they do need better training and also need to be a assisted by a social worker or councillor to calls with mental health issues, domestic abuse cases. Just like when a child is involved child services are involved.
@99JJDKBConservative2yrs2Y
No, there needs to be more research done on the effectiveness of these programs before allocating funds to it
@99H6FK52yrs2Y
No, more funds should be directed to the training of police to respond accordingly to non-violent calls.
@99C6BCLConservative2yrs2Y
No set police budget @1.5X and have minimum requirements for community service
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