“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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@8QKWLTB4yrs4Y
I believe new agency could potentially be added, you might call it the Canadian Emergency Worker Education Bureau or something of those that would be in charge of allocating funds and setting a curriculum for all emergency workers such as police officers, firefighters, EMT workers so that the education might be of a higher quality and standardized nation wide. Their jurisdiction would be handling trainees. Once the individual has graduated they leave the CWEB and enter their preferred field. This would allow us to take some money from current services and make sure the funds are used for training and education specifically.
Not necessarily. Community based organizations should be better funded and cooperative programs be a part of all police and community based interactions. They can do more together than apart.
@932MRKF3yrs3Y
how about putting 50% into police and 50% into comunity based programs
@8Z6P9KQ3yrs3Y
Yes/maybe, for local police. If citizens want a police force they can trust, they should also be the ones funding that police force.
RCMP and crown/privatized security, no. RCMP I believe are loyal to the crown/government, and private security is usually just for profit.
@8Z3Q3R63yrs3Y
I feel both ways, because we need more police because they are a very important part in keeping us safe. But I also think that we need therapists too.
@8YXSH9P3yrs3Y
Provide strict training, psychological testing to all police personnel, have 1 group (between 3-6) unarmed community based responders with 1 armed police responder for non violent calls. In higher crime rate communities triple the amount of armed police responders with at least 1 officer with de-escalation training
@8YNMFX73yrs3Y
@8YJ7Z5R3yrs3Y
Yes, some funding should be redirected to social and community based programs, but not all of it
@8VQ4XBKConservative4yrs4Y
police should get more funding
@8VMP2C84yrs4Y
Some funding should be directed to social and community as well as higher crime in communites.
@8VM7DJ54yrs4Y
incress the things for mental health but keep the fundings for police the same
it should be directed equaly to both
@8VL4GDB4yrs4Y
No but more funding should go to social and community based programs
@8VDKY7WLibertarian4yrs4Y
police should have access to more training and social workers and addiction counsellors should be on site if needed.
@8V9DGF44yrs4Y
Police need a major overhaul, focus on real crimeans quit extorting hard working canadians for petty infractions
@8V45QWT4yrs4Y
There is a need for additional funding for social and community based programs but that funding should not be taken from local police departments
@8TB4MV94yrs4Y
Funding should be added for mental health workers to work with police.
@8T8SZZ94yrs4Y
I think it all depends on crime rates in the area. Should a small town with a small population of mostly normal families have high police funding? no. Should big cities with high crime rates have high police funding? Yes.
@8SXWSLJNew Democratic4yrs4Y
more should be redirected but not all
@8RN2SHT4yrs4Y
Some funding for police but some could be switched to community matters etc
@9C5Q8DV2yrs2Y
Funding should be allocated to the needs of communities.
@95ZXJVJ3yrs3Y
No but police should receive more training and they should hire those best suited for the job instead of diversity hiring.
@8ZLQG4Z3yrs3Y
We shouldn’t fully defund the police but a lot of the funding could instead be put towards community based programs.
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