“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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@8CRJFFB5yrs5Y
More money should be spent on police rehabilitation and screening so police are better equipped and know what to do in certain situations
@9DKJPVNConservative2yrs2Y
No, but make sure that there are more types of professionals who can respond to critical situations without the need for fatal weaponry, but lean towards non-fatal defense tools like tasers & mace.
@9T3FFHN7mos7MO
Yes, but keep police for more violent matters, in situations where a person isn't a threat a unarmed person should go along with a police officer and try and deescalate the situation before the police act.
@9FPG8CX2yrs2Y
Maintain the police funding but increase funding for social and community based programs.
@95HXRLCNew Democratic3yrs3Y
Use a portion of the funding to go towards social and community programs
@95FGRKY3yrs3Y
use a portion of funding to go towards social and community programs
@8VTVL6P4yrs4Y
Use funding for social and psychological training to be included in the police training program.
@8VTTPHK4yrs4Y
Partial funding should be redirected
@8VR5DHY4yrs4Y
Some funding should go to social and community based programs but not all of it.
Impose strict misconduct and abuse of power penalties on police along side more indepth training and mentoring programs. Impose restrictions on how police can legally handle non violent situations. They are here to protect the people not enforce
@8R9Y8YM4yrs4Y
No, but funding should be allocated for emergency social services.
@8QDPZWS4yrs4Y
Increase funding to the police for more social programs.
@8PY7VP74yrs4Y
Yes, but not to completely replace police with unarmed responders, but to make sure each are properly trained and sent to proper calls relating to their training. Example: unarmed individual(s) trained in mental health sent to someone having mental breakdown in public, they can obviously have something to protect themselves but not guns. Police can be sent to robberies, physical disputes between a group of people, etc.
@8PDK5J8Rhinoceros4yrs4Y
I think it is good as it is
@8NWJ3SPLibertarian4yrs4Y
Redirect police to focus on real crimes that impact persons & property. With less enforcement & funding for chasing down victimless or "crimes against society"
@8CSWPZM5yrs5Y
If there is excess funding available.
@98KGHGHNew Democratic2yrs2Y
Increase spending to fund non-armed distress responders for unarmed mental crises
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