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

Our police is relatively useless and do not prioritize protecting the community. Police reform is necessary

I think we need a balance because police are so important to have . We also need money for social community based programs as long as they aren’t pushing the 🏳️‍🌈 on people . I would tax the rich and use the money from the rich to fund those programs

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.

Shouldn’t be completely redirected but for sure we should set aside some more funds for social and community based programs

Deal with problem areas effectively, other areas could probably scale back - look for savings in waste.

Funding should be put into training for RCMP who respond to mental health and wellness checks. They need to learn how to deescalate situations without the use of anything but words.

it needs be done in moderation, cut some funding to redirect back into the community to lower crime rates.

We should be training our police better and take some funds to redirect to social and community based programs

No, but there should be an increased partnership btw police and community based responders/specialists relating to mental health crises.

We should fund both for now. If we start funding social communities now, then later we will have less funding in police departments because hopefully by prioritizing societal issues we can decrease crime rates. Hopefully, this change will lead to less police funding. So, I think we have to start funding both so we can achieve a safer community in the future, where we won't need to fund the police

Increase in training must be provided to police officers to deal with non-violent offenders and reduce the use of firearms

They should have more money for social and community stuff so i would agree with that. but not take a huge chuck on where it would cripple the police and not give them the proper training in results .

Funds can be redirected while also giving more training to the officers to handle certain situations better

No, police should have funds for a reform

Redirect police funds for better training to prevent violence, as well as saving some funds for community based programmes

Fund the police, better trainings and more towards violence related crimes instead of traffic laws

Police should be trained for longer and get a psychiatric assessment to be sure they are fit for the job,kind and to be able to deal with tougher situations.

No, but social and community-based programs should receive more funding and police training should be strengthened by them.

Lower police funds and direct this money towards social health workers

Yes, but not all. Only a portion.

Funding in all of these

The current funding for police seems fine the way it is, I would neither increase nor decrease it, but more funding should go to social and community based programs

Keep local police funding and add social and community programs.

I believe a small portion of police funding could be redirected to social and community based programs. Not completely defunding the police.

Don’t really know honestly

Keep local police forces, abolish the rcmp

Increase funding for police training while also funding social and community-based programs. (Community-based programs need not be funded by funding for police departments.)

How about increase police training.

I think that not all the money should go to the police I think they should at least split it with the community.

No, but more funds should be directed to social and community based programs.

No, we still need police. But stricter punishments and background checks should be implemented on police for the public’s safety.

Yes, but not all of the budget.

More funding to community based programs

Part of the funding should be redirected but the funding allocated to the police should be used to focus on de-escalation training, especially in higher-risk areas

Police should have some funding with additional funding going to other forms of responders

No, the funding should be directed to the training the officers go through

Relook at the training officers receive regarding firearms. Make sure Mental health training is incorporated into training. Have onhand Mental Health specialists.

A portion could be redirected to community programs to help prevent criminal activity but this will not always work for everyone and police will be required.

Have sufficient funding for police but also fund in armed psycholgist

No, maintain current funding

Funding for better education of officers is needed.

Divide between training and new intervention infrastructure so that community outreach professional and police collaborate with a focus on de-escalation and safety.

fund the police so they can stop being racist

Poor communities should have more funding for social and community programs, but I don’t thing defunding the police is the right way to do it.

Let the people decide how the police should be equipped in their town.

it depends on the severity of crime in the area and what the funds would go towards

I think the police should get way more training especially with weapons and what do do before weapons are drawn. racial sensitivity but police don’t need to respond to non violent crimes perhaps have unarmed community based responders

No, increase social programs and police training for high crime rate areas

No, but these services should be available for non-violent calls

Funding should be focused on educating police overs and making them better equipped to deal with situations. Police offers should be held accountable; remove the power from the unions to protect them when they have done wrong.

Redirect a portion of the alocated funds to social and community programs including training for police who were « armed » police switching to social and community programs

Allocate more $ to community programs while also maintaining a well trained police presence.

Found both

Allocate additional funding to social and community programs while retaining current funding for police.

Work in conjunction with each other both are very important

Put less money into police cars and more money and time into police training

Do not decrease police funding but also raise social program funding

Yes, after auditing excess funding should be redirected to community programs.

it depends if it is a high crime rate neighborhood then there should be more funding but if it is a community with less crime then I think there should be an unarmed community base to respond to no violent crimes.

Yes, funding should be partially redirected to social and community based programs, but also increase training for police departments to better handle violent and non-violent situations

No, the police needs to be reformed and expanded with focuses on social services and community programs.

Police as first responders are necessary. Weaponry carried should be greatly reduced, and for non-violent calls there should be nothing lethal taken. Peace officers are a great option for non-violent calls.

I think the police sytem needs to be re-funded into a better physically and psychologically trained. With good and respectful values.

Add special mental health teams to help police

I think we need both increase training for higher crime rate communities as well as including community based responder that work hand in hand with police.

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.

Yes, they're should be more funding for social and community based programs but the police should still get funding.

Small percentage should

Yes, create better training for police and stricter justice system against police

Funding should be increased for social and community based programs. Police budgets are stretched as it is. Re-evaluate this in a few years

I think funding to both the local police and social and community based programs are as equally important

Maintain funding and increase social services and assistance .

I don't think there's a simple solution to this.

Provincial matter

Maintain enforcement budgets but reinvest community liaison budgets and services to health care and social services

No, incremental funding add to social services

No, I think the funding should be more balanced between the two however there should be more police training for higher crime rate situations.

No, but provide the police with better training and increase funding for unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls.

No but introduce mental health management scenarios scabrous as a tri yearly program

The gov should be abolished for personal privet freedom