“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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@9F8XJM82yrs2Y
Police officers become trained to respond to non-violent issues better
@96NQ9L62yrs2Y
yes, but not fully because there is more then just non violent/ dangeris criminals
Police should have better training and they should learn how to handle situations with as little violence possible maybe even without weapons (depends on the circumstance).
@8XNY52L3yrs3Y
If a police does something wrong, such as murder (unless needed to save their life) or theft, they should be put in jail. If murder because of taking advantage of their power and a person, should get life in jail or atleast 20-50 years with no bail option.
@8VJVNDV4yrs4Y
How can this be a yes or no questions… the money follows regulations and structures, not the other way around
@8TVWP8T4yrs4Y
Yes and replace police with first responders who are highly trained and educated who are unarmed in less crime areas and carry batons in high crime rate areas
@8TGF9LJ4yrs4Y
Not all funding, but probably some.
@8TCW4N34yrs4Y
No, but each emergency response team should have a registered social worker to deescalate specific situations.
@8S98NR64yrs4Y
Yes, introduce co-op programs in which mental health professionals work alongside plain clothed police officers.
They should be training the cops better cops are (pussies who need a gun to feel safe)
@8PV79T94yrs4Y
Pivot funding towards training towards problem-solving training and similar things.
@8PV52KR4yrs4Y
Funding shouldn't be cut but there should be a lot more social community based programs
@8PSKHZN4yrs4Y
Decrease police weapons in non-violence related scenarios.
@9BBDR3X2yrs2Y
Some funding should be redirected to social and community based programs and police should be replaced with mental-health professionals for mental-health related calls, but not all funding.
@99KLG4D2yrs2Y
The funding should be shared.
@923XY2R3yrs3Y
Both sides of the coin should have enough funding to cover their needs.
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