“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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@B4P8H2VNew Democratic3 days3D
Funding for social and community based programs needs to be put in immediately and consistently. Once there are improvements to the social, safety and community only then should funding changes in police departments be looked at.
Funding needs to stay for the police departments also needs to be in place and remain the same for now.
Having the police to do more outreach in higher crime rate communities, and work with community grassroots through education and pathways to avoid engaging in crimes or how to communicate to
Yes and No. I believe in small defunding to the police force to be put into place for community support. But also believe we need a police force.
@9RBMZFC9mos9MO
Diversify special services, redirect some funding, not all, especially when you look at individual community needs.
@95HLG9T3yrs3Y
do not cut the funding for police but create less harmful responders for non violent calls
@93W62383yrs3Y
Cut some funding to hire community outreach and mental health professionals
@93242FF3yrs3Y
Excess money that isn’t used or that is needed should be redirected, but not all of it
@8YY8CVNConservative3yrs3Y
i feel that we should retrain them and get better training programs for them
@8X6PMZD3yrs3Y
No, but focus more on training the police about prejudices and discrimination.
@8VW89FV4yrs4Y
Find police and social/community programs and services
@8VVYZ7K4yrs4Y
Funding is irrelevant. The police just need to be better at holding themselves and each other accountable.
@8VVNVTFConservative4yrs4Y
Yes, but also increase funding and training in higher crime rate communities.
@8VSK6LB4yrs4Y
Some funding reduction and directed to social workers
@8SHKJ7L4yrs4Y
Funding should be split but police gets a little bit more
@8R4QJ6W4yrs4Y
Keep the police and provide extra funding for community programs
yes and no, if we did not have the rcmp or the local police our cities would turn into a city from hell. it should be equal.
@8GHXW245yrs5Y
Yes, reduce police force but not eliminate - cops should not be social workers.
It depends on the community, but there should be baseline standards which every community should be able to work from.
@9CSJ4922yrs2Y
Enhance community policing by having a mental health trained police staff in the force
@97MVN6G2yrs2Y
decrees but not compleatly remove, we still need police
@8ZF3CWC3yrs3Y
Police departments all over Canada are corrupted in certain aspects. The Police department should require officers to have far more training than they supposedly "need".
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