“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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These points should not be at odds. There should be more funding for community/social intervention, however this does not have to come at the expense of policing and there may be more or less funding required for both.
It totally depends on the jurisdiction in question. Allocating funding to social programs matters, it can come from police budgets, but I don’t associate them closely.
@9RBYWHW9mos9MO
Police funding should reflect the demands we put on police. If we ask them to do a lot, they should be funded appropriately. If we reduces the demands on the police then we can reduce their funding.
@9RBRXY99mos9MO
Policing should remain. But we also need more funding for social and community programs and further training police officers.
@9RBPL7Z9mos9MO
Funding for policing should remain same, funding for corporate subsidies and higher taxation should for corporations be implemented. Offshore tax sheltering should be aggressively pursued
@96RVX3V2yrs2Y
Redirect some funds to social programs
@8YWZND33yrs3Y
It should be equally funded
@8QVR3PL4yrs4Y
No, but increase training programs for police and make it mandatory 4 year program and have stricter repercussions for those who are proven guilty of brutality/abuse of authority
@8QDY7CX4yrs4Y
Yes, but proper budgeting for training for officers are necessary, also having other community programs available to assist in areas where police presence will cause agitation and possible harm to those who need assistance
@98RTBB52yrs2Y
i feel like we should have the cops and social and community based programs
@96ML3STNew Democratic2yrs2Y
No but increase training for police responding to mental health crises
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