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

Police and social and community programs should work collaboratively to ensure best social and public outcomes possible. Police should not be refunded but the result of collaboration should be more focused on better and healthier community and personal outcomes for the individuals involved

No, the police should no longer be involved with non-criminal events, public safety officers with specialized public training to deescalate and mental issues on top of self defense courses - these should be doing the majority of civil work like traffic tickets, bylaw enforcement, patrolling the streets. The way it used to work was better.

Funding should be given to these programs, but not necessarily pulled from police budgets. However, police budgets should be subject to yearly audits.

Increased funding for police education in social work and increase funding for social workers to learn policing tactics. Pair the two in one car, one unarmed. Police officer has the ability to make a "call" on location for safety.

Yes, but have supported partners e.g social workers for non violent calls

Integrate with mental health & social services & increase their funding.

I think they can be equally funded

I still believe that the police force can be a force for good but the systemic racism needs to end.

Yes but not fully.

Increase police funding in certain departments such as mental health, abuse, etc.

No there should be an equal balance between police and social and community based programs, however reforms should happen

The justice system needs to be overhauled to better suit the values of our society of today for all people. There needs to be a partnership between police and social resources to address the calls coming in and resolve them safely.

No, increase funding for both police departments and social and community based programs

more training and uphold human rights

No, there should be an appropriate share amongst social programs that decrease crime and police should have increased funding for proper equipment and advanced psychological and situational training

staying neutral

I think the number of times we actually call the police for serious issues that require trained individuals is a lot less than the media makes it out to be, so having a basic but smaller trained group for initial calls or smaller issues, whether this be by employment, volunteers, or both, in order to cut down on costs. From my point of view, the police have too much money put towards them which is abused later and gives the police a sense of being higher and more important since they are paid to enforce rules that they can be excused for breaking in some cases. This sense of being above the law causes unfairness.
Basically, I believe less funding should go to police systems and be put into things like education or food/housing/basic needs for people who need the support, or mental health programs etc

I feel it should be equaly dispersed between public porgrams and Police dept.

Increase funding for police officers to gain new knowledge and training.

Yes, but not all funding. 50% should be redirected

No, police funding should remain current and social programs should ALSO be funded

Yes, with integrated social and psychological professionals in co-response to various community crimes

It would depend.

No, but they should go through more traning