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

I personally think that there should be a balance, funding towards law enforcement in society is crucial, therefore the funds necessary to maintain law enforcement should remain dedicated to this cause. Funding for community based programs should not be taken out of law enforcement funding.

There should be targeted de-escalation training that should be reviewed and scored on performance, at the same time, balance out the the funding where it's most required. Local jurisdictions should be able to allocate funding based on needs if they are doing their jobs.

No, funding should be directed to social and community based programs but “abolishing the police” and reducing funding for police is not an answer

Increase police funding to provide training and staffing able to deal with social and mental health issues more appropriately

hard no train better

I feel as though the funding for local police departments should be also directed towards higher education and training for police officers/

Have both they are good

No just increase funding for those programs

Police funding should be redirected into proper shelters and care fore the homeless.

No, fund the police enforcement, but invest more on social programs for youth.

No but programs on proper training should be presented every couples years, to keep police violence low

Yes, but add social education programs to help them better navigate difficult interactions without resorting to physical restraint/ means unless absolutely necessary.

A mixture of all

Yes, but still give them enough money to police yo still provide services to severe offenses

There should be more police training around social issues and more money to put into social programs but our police force is still need the funding at this time.

No, we need to fund both

No use that money and more to add more training

They should increase education requirements for police and have more vetting of them as well as increase funding for community programs

There can be some reductions but as long as we are a neighbour of the USA we need an armed police force.

Some funding should be redirected but the police are still important.

The funding rather should be reduced, so that way both the police still have funding and community programs still have support too.

Decrease funding but dont redirect all the money to social and community based programs.

No but the police should be provincial

Police need to be better trained in de-escalation techniques, and should also not be the first to respond to potentially dangerous citizens who have mental illness. It only leads to violence. Furthermore, I believe police need to be monitored carefully, especially their public social media.

Some what more to the social and community based programs

No, but there needs to be more funding for social and community based programs

You can't defund the police, they do need better training and also need to be a assisted by a social worker or councillor to calls with mental health issues, domestic abuse cases. Just like when a child is involved child services are involved.

Give slightly less funding to police departments but maybe give a little extra to social and community programs

considering Alberta's policing systems aren't the greatest I feel like its not horrible where its at now but we could draw funding from lots of un-needed things that cost us a lot.