“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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@8PTVYLW4yrs4Y
No, police should instead be trained to respond in non-violent situations in order to mitigate police issues
@8Q2GXXR4yrs4Y
Agreed. The main counter-argument with this is that cops get paid highly and it wastes their time. If you consider those social workers are paid around 15k less per year than cops, and if this was implemented, cops would be paid 15k higher a year for their additional abilities to control violent mentally ill patients better and considering that social workers would have to call the cops anyways in that situation, you are actually saving money!
No, increase training and increase funding for social and community based programs
@8Q2GXXR4yrs4Y
Increasing training = increasing funding for police. Most people will say decrease government debt, but when they are asked if they want to decrease funding on a certain area, they always say no, keep it. It's important that we have both, and both are severely underfunded. But we are going to have to make some sacrifices if we want government spending to be sustainable. So we either get more training and bodycams for cops while reducing the number of cops, their wages or the quality of their firearms, vehicles or uniforms, or we get more mental health units while defunding the police on… Read more
Yes, and more extensive training for officers in de escalation and cooperation with said community services
Yes and No. I believe in small defunding to the police force to be put into place for community support. But also believe we need a police force.
Yes more social programs but more training, making our police more versatile than force in any situation. More training, less force.
It totally depends on the jurisdiction in question. Allocating funding to social programs matters, it can come from police budgets, but I don’t associate them closely.
No, increase standards/entry requirement of police education to focus more on sources of criminality
@9JS8GNH1yr1Y
The police get paid for risking their lives in what they do. it doesn't make sense to take money away that they're getting for some other reasons.
not all funding should go to community. Some should be kept for the police and the rest can be used for underdeveloped area
I think that we should lower the funding for police slightly and put more money towards rehabilitaion, counseling, etc so we have fewer criminals.
I believe there should be an even split of funding for both police departments and social community based programs, as you could still keep the communities safe when necessary but not always responding armed authority.
Increase funding to social and community based programs independent of police funding.
@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
@9CLF8FB2yrs2Y
I think that we should have funding for programs for at risk youth but, we should have better training for high crime areas.
@9BKH2QQ2yrs2Y
Police funding should be redirected into proper shelters and care fore the homeless.
@97TYDMG2yrs2Y
No, but make more programs and make them accessable
@96573DZ3yrs3Y
in my opinion i feel the money should be split between police and social community to en order more ways of growing, and evaluate off a base of time and see whats more effective for that town/city/community.
No but we should cut funding from some budgets to fund this instead.
No, rather those changes should occur directly in police departments, e.g training officers on mental health crisis and hiring specialized crisis workers who respond with police.
@93RG2N23yrs3Y
i personally think they split the funding for both
The police funding should remain the same or decrease a little, but social and community based programs should be more focused on and increased in spending.
@92X4V2Z3yrs3Y
No, separate funding should be made for social and community based programs
@92RGJ4Z3yrs3Y
No, but funding needs to be directed to another arm to help respond to mental and low-level community issues
Yes and No. We need more funding for community programs but we cannot deduce that from the hard working Police departments who have been working so hard over the past 2 years
Redirect 10 percent of the funding to social and community based programs
@8XRVDH53yrs3Y
Yes, but only Some of the funding should be redirected
Police should go to school for longer than 6 months
split it police 65 and programs 35
Expand police services to include social workers.
@8VVD7Z44yrs4Y
Both are important. High crime, need police. But social and community based programs will help reduce this crime one day to help reduce costs to police funding.
Have a social work/social service work department within the police that way they are the ones that respond to certain calls and they have both police and sociaal work training
Yes, but abolish suspension with pay for officer misconduct.
@8VRCCP24yrs4Y
I want Canada to be a safe country.
No for now but no one brought another alternative to the police
Yes, but keep the police for more serious situations
No, funding should be redirected to training police officers in defusing situations and not profiling by colour, gender, or age.
Some but not all funding should be redirected to mental health professionals or community responders for non-violent calls.
@8VHL7RY4yrs4Y
fund the police so they can stop being racist
@8VHKSPV4yrs4Y
The funding should not be entirely be removed, and the judicial system should be reformed
i feel police should be trained for psychology and mental health to prevent more police brutality in the population.
Yes, but we still need police.
@8VFPMFX4yrs4Y
Yes, spreading the funds across three different dispatch teams. Police are needed for situations that community based responders can’t deal with ( violent crimes, gang related issues) unarmed community bases responders for non-Violent calls, and medical workers who are trained in metal health, negotiation, and law who can be dispatched with either teams to assist the people. Every officer who is dispatched should have a non-bias leader. Police should never be alone.
add more funding and training for police as well as add mental-health-trained responders for non-violent crimes needing attention.
No, rebalance the current budget to include more training in mental health and dealing with the public in stressful situations in a non lethal matter
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 have community based responders work along side police for non-violent and mental health calls
Funding should be allocated for social service programs to work alongside police.
No, there should be separate funding for community based programs and the police should stay as they are
I believe that funding should go to both police departments and proper training of police officers AND social and community based programs.
@8TY27NM4yrs4Y
There should be funds for both
Increase funding for retraining and new processes for the "new" year. Policing is old school. Its a new world!
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, but add a group of people to respond to non criminal activities
i do not have a stance on this issue
Only partially. There are benefits to more social and community programs and less police, but not no police.
Yes, redirect some of the police funding towards social and community-based programs.
@8SQ3DF44yrs4Y
maybe give half of the funding to social community and half to the police
@8RWT4XZ4yrs4Y
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 that we should do more intense training.
@8QY5FQV4yrs4Y
No, it's good as it is right now
@8QXDSNQ4yrs4Y
Police reform but keep the same amount of money
@8QVFYB74yrs4Y
Funding for the police should be kept the same and social programs should get more funding.
@8Q8VD7N4yrs4Y
I think we have to make the laws for police officers more strict
Allocate funding for both. Police need to be more educated in dealing with people with mental health problems. People with mental health problems deserve the opportunity to overcome their mental health issues.
@8PRN58W4yrs4Y
Funding for police departments should not be redirected. If and when police departments become an issue, the police systems and training should be modified to better serve the community.
@8J8FW9X5yrs5Y
The funding should not be redirected, however, more funding should be given to social & community based programs specifically in high-crime, lower economic areas.
Provide mental health support to police and new training. Unarmed police or responders should be dispatched for non violent calls
@8GZH6295yrs5Y
No, add separate funding for community based responders to work alongside police
I'm on the fence with this one
@9CLM4822yrs2Y
Funding is based on the area. If it is a high crime-rate area, increasing funds and training would be much more useful. If it is a low crime-rate area with a non-violent community, replacing police with responders is much more useful.
Some police funding, especially for paramilitary equipment, should be redirected to social and community programs, along with better education for first responders and additional alternatives to jail for non-violent or ill people (e.g. drunk, overdosed, psychological distress, etc)
Policing is a highly complex job. Entrance requirements should be raised and policing should be at least a bachelor's degree course covering all aspects of the occupation.
@9BQBNYG2yrs2Y
Little funding should go toward other things, but police departments shiould still receive funding
@99NTPF92yrs2Y
Yes, but train them on how to still be a person
@997X9632yrs2Y
No, more funding should be given to social and community based programs but not removed from the police departments
I think police should be better trained, and move away from violent respondings.
Yes, but still keep the police as well as the social and community based programs
Reduce the police funding partially (maximum by 5%) to fund specialists who can deal with non-violent calls in a better way than the police.
@8WY86K33yrs3Y
They should even it out. Keep the police, and add more mental health specialists.
@8VMXG844yrs4Y
with the ever-increasing crime in the province, we need the police,e or some type of police. However,r they need more training to handle things like a mental health issue,s and they also need to feel their job is not being degraded by judges and crown counsel letting people off with no to extremely light sentences for the crimes they commit
No, increase funding that specifically goes towards no violent training methods
a portion of yes, in dealing with mental health and racial inequality training needs to be increased and change must occur.
No, but divert a portion of police budgets towards accompanying unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls.
Not about making a choice between the two and having them work in tandem together
Yes, and also provide proper training with every couple of years
@8SL83G24yrs4Y
It should be split into funding non armed responders for no violent calls
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