“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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@9ZGQ7355mos5MO
No, it’s going to be misspent anyways, my aswell make sure it’s going to keep us safe than to be thrown away to the poor
@9XLTZWF6mos6MO
Crime prevention should just be refocusing and rehabilitated, it is less about budgeting and more about police prioritizing helping the community than patroling it.
@9T4L3N97mos7MO
Police funding should be based on need, but should also have a base pay. You work in rural Ontario you make less than someone who works in inner city Toronto, but everyone starts at say 70k a year. I do however believe that a long term strategy is to increase funding in education and as well a restructuring of social services so that we create accountability and finical literate citizen rather then creating dependency.
@9RBWNKL9mos9MO
A nuanced approach looking for the right balance would be better than putting one against the other.
@9HS37CY1yr1Y
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.
@938GZQVConservative3yrs3Y
INCRESS TRAINING BETTER TRAIND OFFICERS that's all
Yes replacing the police with unarmed citizens sounds like a good idea at first but against an armed criminal? I personally think police should not have guns but instead other methods like tazers/rubber bullets/ tear gas and be trained more mentally in quick time situations to disarming and catching the suspect alive
@8VKQFP74yrs4Y
Funding should be directed to both policing and community
@8VBQCGH4yrs4Y
Needs to be a balance between local policing & funding social & community based programs
@8V9DRKD4yrs4Y
Add more mental health services in conjunction with the police.
@8TYML9R4yrs4Y
@8TX9JF84yrs4Y
Some police funding should be reduced to add mental health worker responders to certain issues that Police presently fail horribly at.
@8THZKG34yrs4Y
No but increase punishments for police officers who abuse authority
@8SFTC3D4yrs4Y
Not all funding, but maybe a portion of it.
@8R4XDLTConservative4yrs4Y
No but more money should be allocated to social and community based programs.
@8P5SKFG4yrs4Y
The police are a tool. If our governments who control the police are freedom lovers, give the cops all they need. If the governments become tyrants, as they are becoming now as we see with "The Great Reset", take their tools of oppression away. But then, of course, that's when such governments use their tools the most, isn't it?
@9B4JFN32yrs2Y
Police should be redirected from traffic tickets (fundraising) to actually walking the streets and being more visible in the community. Some funds can be redirected to crisis workers for non-violent situations.
@88LK76J3yrs3Y
No defund the Democratic Party instead.
@88LK76J3yrs3Y
No prosecute the Democratic Party instead.
@6K36GJH4yrs4Y
Yes, but this is knee-jerk reaction to people who have livelihoods based upon these jobs.
@8QNKSKF4yrs4Y
NO! This is absolutely one of the dumbest things society could do. A country without law and order will not be a country for long
@88LK76J4yrs4Y
@88LK76J4yrs4Y
Yes, and abolish the police Temporarily
@BestPoliticsIN4yrs4Y
No, but stop police from acting in victimless and nonviolent situations
@88LK76J4yrs4Y
No but defund all state and federal law enforcement
@88LK76J4yrs4Y
No but defund all 64 us federal law enforcement agencies
@88LK76J3yrs3Y
Yes and abolish all law enforcement including federal law enforcement.
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