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

Significantly more training and testing for police, less for profit policing and more public service and protection. Stop pensionable OT, and take settlements out of pensions instead of local coffers and budgets

Some funds reallocated to social and community based services, also increase funding to better screen potential police recruits (esp for mental health) and provide more MH training to recruits and ongoing training for officers.

Yes, but for non-violent calls. Funding should also be allocated to provide police with more in-depth training on crisis intervention and trauma-informed de-escalation tactics.

Local police should be better integrated into community activity, possibly using some funds for community outreach programs led by the department, and working with neighborhood watch groups

No, allocate funding to increased training involving emotional intelligence, situational training, and score the work force with similar competency tests like similar to NAV Canada ATC's

No, Funding should not be redirected it should instead be used more for reinforcing more modern ways of think and better strategy for solving problems and altercations

Yes, but only some of the funding should be given to social and community programs, we still need the police.

Better transparency in spending and more in sync with social and community based programs to better deal with situations and their unique needs

As someone that dealt with the overwhelming amount of violence that occurs at “non violent” situations we would need to double our police forces before we could “replace” them with unarmed responders to deal with the couple of non violent calls each day.

money shouldn't be redirect from the police, but it should be found in other places to be give to socal and community based programs.

No, divert funding to good training to ensure and eliminate the riddance of corruption within our justice system

Fund both? Fund Police to ensure the community is still safe, but also Fund other social and community based programs like suicide prevention programs.

Add more non-violent deescalating techniques for police while implanting unarmed responders for non violent calls

Yes, lower the funding towards police departments to increase alternatives but still keep police services

Some funds should be added to social and community based programs, but police are still needed.

No but increase funding and training for police departments is all communities.

yes or get a better police force

I think funding for the police should remain the same, but they should put more efforts into training police on cultural sensitivity.

Yes, but only after the root cause (housing, education, mental health) has been addressed

in my opinion i feel the money should be split between police and social community to en order more ways of growing, and evaluate off a base of time and see whats more effective for that town/city/community.

Yes but not overly defunding the police as we still need them, however social and community programs could help with a lot of issues that police just aren’t trained to deal with except arrest them.

Only reduce their militarization and put into social program. Regular policing should be left intact.

Keep funding the same and add community based programs and education.

I think there should be a near even amount shared

Police should go to school for longer than 6 months

get more funding from taxing the rich to go to better police AND more social/community programs

Police need to completely be reformed

Yes, but only partially to increase community initiatives, police should not be abolished but rather trained better and have stricter admittance into the force.

Yes but just some funds and let police deter and respond to crimes and not act as social workers.

fairly split

Yes, but increase funding for training and police departments in smaller communities.

yes but only a small percentage

SOME funding should be redirected to other community services, yes.

More funding for mental health. We are forcing police to be social workers . They are vital for crime prevention but the health care - drug use, mental health is necessary to off load some of the hot issues

Community programs should exist more/have more funding. Has nothing to do with police.

police should still receive funding but funding can also be directed to community/social based programs

Keep police, but part of funding to go towards community based initiatives.

Yes, some funding should be redirected to intervene and prevent crime.

Better training for police and some reform needed. Don’t want to go to the extreme.

Demilitarize the police and have them work with community based responders more.

No, but funding for those services should be increased and cross-training should be done to teach the police and these programs to work together.

Yes and No, police should have better training overall to treat certain situations with better care.

Fund both, why would it be one or the other that's ridiculous.

Funding should stay the same but also fund communities at risk

Have police + social workers/mental health care workers respond to wellness calls

No, it shouldnt be redirected but more funding should be provided to community based programs as well.

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.

No, Increase funding for training police. Also add funding for social and community based programs

Balance funding to both police and committee program

No. but only if needed

I think that it should be split more evenly, because both programs are important

By some and add $ to community programs

Yes, the police system needs restructuring.

i think it depend on the specific program

I don’t really care I just dont trust the police nowadays

Yes, and re-form the police system

Support both police training and community organizations and have them work together wherever possible

Leave the police out of it. Redirect funds from elsewhere towards social and community based programs.

Yes and no There should be unarmed responders for small situations, and revised police training and funding

They risk their lives daily and should be recognized as such, But the ones who do bad should be fired and put in jail for long sentances.

No, but completely redo how police are trained and how often.

Just keep the same thing going

SOME funding should be redirected. The rest should be directed at proper training for police.

Divert some funds but not all.

No, increase training for police departments to handle crimes better

No, but police reform is needed

Policing is a highly complex job. Entrance requirements should be raised and policing should be at least a bachelor's degree course covering all aspects of the occupation.

Don’t get rid of the people in place to protect us, just make sure they are actually doing their job. Funding towards community programs should be increased

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.

Decrease funding to put towards social and community based programs but ensure police are adequately funded.

Increase funding for police education, training and proportionate community based responders. No police is not an answer.

No, but increase spending for social programs through taxation

No! Until Canada addresses the concerns of high rate crime committed it's not feasible at this time.

We must crack down on crime and begin prosecuting offenders with harsher penalties, including the death penalty. This involves planning a campaign in schools to uphold moral principles and norms of how people should respect one another. After addressing the concerns, only then can we discuss the enforcement of policing policies.

yes and we should get a better police force

No, just train the police better

Only some of the money

Not replace the police but add unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls

I believe in both

Yes, create units for non-violent calls with specially trained social workers and police officers

Funding should go towards better mental health, and conflict resolution training for officers. As well as preventing racial profiling or biases towards BIPOC.

Yes, and police should be better trained as to what their job really is. When l was little it was ‘to serve and protect’. Nowadays it’s ‘to intimidate and harass’.

I think everyone should do something to fund the police departments.

Funding questions raise the topic of how much is to much if overworking or to much work for one sector and can be readjusted into multi sector inter joint ventures with separate funding lines but still close secure and confidential and ease of access

No, the Police should be trained to de-escalate situations instead of provoking people to the point of arresting/charging them. (Protect & Serve instead of the current Collect and Un-nerve.)
Non Violent Crisis Intervention Training, Conflict Resolution, and basic human decency should be mandatory for all officers.