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

Yes, redirect SOME funding toward better social programs for non-violent offences.

No but police need specialized training in mental health and more training in non-leathal force

Yes, reduce the police budget and allocate police evenly across the city. Put funds into stopping sex trafficking, gun violence, etc. Stop over policing some areas over others.

No, it shouldn't be taken from the police departments. But definitely increase funding through other means.

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.

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.

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.

The government needs to smarten up and be financially responsible. This includes putting importance on both police and social programming with the goal of crime reduction. This isn't rocket science.

Remove some funding from police, put it back into communities. I wouldn’t say replace all police but definitely agree w having an unarmed person responding to non violent calls

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

Funding for police should be used for increased training to transition to public servants rather than enforcers

No, but money should be spent on regulating the police and training them thoroughly.

i think the police should be maintained while sending out advertisements for drug rehabilitation and addictions centers that help people for free

While some funding should be redirected to social and community based programs, efforts should go into the retraining of police and advocacy for non-confrontational and non-violent calls.

No, improve training for police departments in higher crime rate communities

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.

Don’t really know honestly

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

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, but also increase funding and training in higher crime rate communities.

More education and more screening

Yes, mental health advocates along side the police

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

Change finding allocation: more to training and far far less to arming them and new vehicles and the like. Leftover funds towards community based responders

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

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

How about funding both?

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

Increase funding and training for police departments around the country and also redirect some funding towards social and crisis based forces trained to deal with certain situations

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

Police should not be defunded but spending on social programs should be increased

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

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

Fund the police but also have a mental health unit or medical persons to be involved

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.

Yes, we should Reform our police system

Both are equally important. The police can help solve problems when it’s too late to turn back, but social resources can aid people in getting help and prevent them from resorting to crime in the first place.

both should be supported

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

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.

No, but a renewed training which includes acknowledging systemic biases and how to police our communities without social judgements

Police and Social Programmes should be funded equally: they are two halves to a single coin.

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

Make the police also have a psychology background/education. To better equip them to descalate the situation.

Extra funding should be directed to the police to combine police with teams of social workers and nurses. Community outreach to help find a treatment stream for persons suffering from mental health disorders

Funding for police should only go to extra training, bonuses should never be based on arrests

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.

No, instead the funding should be distributed better, to allow for an improvement in the training of police officers.

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

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 believe the police should get what ever funding they need to retrain and rework their system from stopping fight/crimes to preventing and deescalating.

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

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

Police reform but keep the same amount of money

Both the police and social and community based programs should be funded equally.

Once there's more gun control in the USA, the police should receive lower funds and have less weaponry. The lower access guns there are in the States would most likely lower the access to guns in Canada. Therefore, there wouldn't be a need to have weapons on police all the time.

No, police should recieve more funding to use on better training and community initiatives.

No, it should be it should be put towards better and longer more effective training for police

Overhaul of the police system and training.

Put funding toward educating and training police better.

No, work for police reform

Yes but as long as good officers are not getting fired as a result of less funding.

funding should be directed towards educating police on human behaviour and rehabilitation for prisoners

Increase time it takes to become a police offer and prefrom mental health evaluations

Funding should be increased for social security programs and police programs

No. Funding should be increased for training and setting up community police centers where officers can become part of the community.

Yes, but only some of the police budget should go towards social and community based programs

No, not all, but some for sure

Yes, having police is important but I believe funding in that department can be allocated in social and community-based programs.

No, diversify police training and programming to work within and deal with issues within the social and community climate. (ie. Mental health, public education,etc)

I believe less money should be provided and instead used for a community response team

Yes, redirect some funding towards working with local mental health professionals and community based social agencies for non-violent situations, and increase de-escalation training for police in urban areas

No, but there should be mandatory and ongoing de-escalation training for police conducted in partnership with local mental health professionals

No, establish and fund mandatory, ongoing, situational de-escalation training for police that is conducted by community based mental health professionals

No, but increase funding for mandatory, ongoing, situational de-escalation training that is conducted by community based mental health professionals

No, but have unarmed community-based responders for non-violent calls instead of police officers.

No, but require and increase funding for ongoing, situational de-escalation training that is conducted by community based mental health professionals

No, but increase funding for and make mandatory ongoing, situational de-escalation training for police that is conducted by community based mental health professionals

No, but direct a portion of funding towards forming a partnership with local mental health professionals to provide ongoing de-escalation training for police which is based on the economic and social conditions of the community

No, but direct a portion of funding towards a partnership with local, community based mental health professionals to provide ongoing de-escalation training classes for police

No, but direct a portion of funding towards a partnership with local, community based mental health professionals to provide mandatory, ongoing de-escalation training classes for police

yes, but only if there is still enough funding to police departments that they can still sustain themselves.

No, but direct a portion of funding towards forming a partnership with local, community based mental health professionals to provide ongoing de-escalation training classes for police

Increase funding for police training everywhere along with social and community based program.

Yes, and replace police with local militia and neighborhood watches.

Fund the police but increase funding for social workers and utilize community responders for most calls