“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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Yes, redirect SOME funding toward better social programs for non-violent offences.
@8H6JLM35yrs5Y
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.
@8QZS5YZ4yrs4Y
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
@96DRDYW3yrs3Y
Depends on the area but yes cut some of their funding.
@96BJF8N3yrs3Y
Funding for police should be used for increased training to transition to public servants rather than enforcers
@8WXQL5S3yrs3Y
Yes for only certain topics
@8VRLD9S4yrs4Y
Increase funding to help officers be better through education and sensitivity training
@8VNZPWH4yrs4Y
Not all of it but some funding yes
@8VG9KRW4yrs4Y
No but change the policing system to handle non violent and violent people/situations better.
@8VBB3K64yrs4Y
Police should not be defunded but spending on social programs should be increased
@8V563NZ4yrs4Y
Not familiar enough with practice
@8TYX9XF4yrs4Y
More funding should be sent to community based programs but also towards training the police
@8TTL3QB4yrs4Y
Yes, we should Reform our police system
@8TMP66V4yrs4Y
both should be supported
I think we need police, but we should add funding towards proper mental health training
@8TJ4QBV4yrs4Y
Yes, but still maintain the police force
@8T2DR8X4yrs4Y
I think that it should be split more evenly, because both programs are important
@8SY2DFF4yrs4Y
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
@8SVBTKV4yrs4Y
no, the money should be equally distributed.
@8SPJKZF4yrs4Y
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.
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
@8S42FF54yrs4Y
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.
@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
@8QXDSNQ4yrs4Y
Police reform but keep the same amount of money
@8QP2HRD4yrs4Y
Both the police and social and community based programs should be funded equally.
@8QFCQGTNew Democratic4yrs4Y
No, police should recieve more funding to use on better training and community initiatives.
@8QF2V554yrs4Y
No, it should be it should be put towards better and longer more effective training for police
@8PPY29H4yrs4Y
Social and community based programs need more funding, but I also think the police do. People want change in the police force, and they need money to do that. Hire people that actually know what they’re doing, to be properly educated, have more people that specialize in actually HELPING people.
@8P6BRS84yrs4Y
some of the money should be allocated to social workers who go along with the police to issues like domestic abuse
@9C475H42yrs2Y
Increase time it takes to become a police offer and prefrom mental health evaluations
@9944BMHNew Democratic2yrs2Y
While police should not be abolished, some funds should be redirected to social programs.
@97WJL9Y2yrs2Y
Funding should not be taken away from the police departments but community and social-based programs should be funded by the government.
@97W4NTYNew Democratic2yrs2Y
No, not all, but some for sure
@8YVJYS43yrs3Y
Yes, having police is important but I believe funding in that department can be allocated in social and community-based programs.
@8VMKWJGNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Reallocate the funds to other emergency responders
@8RYT9DF4yrs4Y
yes and no, find a happy medium, reform the police to the extent it needs to be in order to ensure equality amongst how they treat individuals
@8Z48T243yrs3Y
No, and decrease funding for police
@8SFDLS63yrs3Y
Yes, but only funding that is not essential. Such as the defunding of police militarization. Only that money should be redirected to social programs.
@8H2G98J5yrs5Y
The police department should be given less funding, and have a remodeled system that requires more training and knowledge of drugs, mental illness, and other issues that are similar. Police should also not be allowed to use a gun unless completely necessary and should be charged if they wrongfully kill a person when it could be avoided
@8KG7DR84yrs4Y
No, but we should end qualified immunity and defund their unions.
@8S4VH5F4yrs4Y
It depends. We need specially trained police officers for specific scenarios. We also need racial-bias training.
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