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

Keep funding the same, increase funding for police training especially in higher crime rate communities and replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls

Lower funding for police departments and redirect the difference to community based programs.

The police system must be reformed and have subdivisions that deal in community and social based issues.

Yes, but funding for police departments should not be cut entirely

Yes, and increase funding for different and new emergency response systems.

Reform the police and Redirect some of the funding to properly train police so that there are less “accidental” deaths.

Increase funding for high crime rates, have community based responders, have more social workers

Neither, completely abolish the system.

I think that we should have unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls but also increase funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities and make it so you only can pull your guns in high violent situation for pulling someone over you should not have a gun dealing with armed robber yes a gun is needed

Yes, only if the community has a low crime rate

I think they should increase funding for training. However, I don't think you should completely abolish the police.

Tax reform for both of these to have more funding.

No, put the current funding toward better mental health services and better police training.

I'm happy with how the police are currently ran.

There should not be a significant amount of funding, but just enough for the police to do their job and nothing more

Give some to both

i do not have enough information to make a decision

some of the funds should be redirected I'd say a little more than half

I think we nee police reform.

I believe there should be a focus on psychology when police are in training. Along with extended time training hand-to-hand combat. To prepare officers for real life situations, the time for the academy needs to be extended. As well as funding for programs for social departments.

I don’t think that defunding the police is the right choice but I think the should follow the same rules a regular citizen does and should go through more years of training.

The police should be reformed

Only take so much of the money from the police. They still need a pay check.

No, but police officers need better training for certain situautions. Officers need to be trained to handle different situations with more respect or less violent then needed

Yes, replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls/emergencies, and abolish the police.

No, instead they should have a longer and more effective training program to have more qualified officers

I don't think the money should be redirected from the police but rather just more money to those programs.

I think we need to train to understand people and increase them where they are needed most in certain parts of the U.S

This one is kind of tricky for me. I think that police should be trained more so they know what to do in more situations. Like what to do differently when a white cop is approaching a person of color. I do think that wee need more social community based programs though.

No, redirect other money to social and community based programs.