“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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@B2VVFRQ2mos2MO
increase funding and training and increase social and community based programs. require local police departments to enforce traffic laws.
@9MHXBX411mos11MO
maybe give a quarter of the funding to the other programs and keep the three other quarters to fund the cops
This is a garbage topic. We should consider other options than police for wellness checks. Funding local police and social community programs is warranted and there is room for improvement on both.
@9C2536N2yrs2Y
Take some money away from policing but not all of it.
@9BP479Y2yrs2Y
Yes but can be changed depending on situations that arise.
@8ZR6F7T3yrs3Y
Some money should be redirected to social and community based programs, including mental health, addiction services and anti poverty groups. If we deal with poverty, addiction and mental health issues first, there will be less need for policing.
@8XQX2DN3yrs3Y
No, Increase Funding and Training for All Police inorder to reduce Police Shootings and Misconduct
@8VJVNDV4yrs4Y
How can this be a yes or no questions… the money follows regulations and structures, not the other way around
@8V2SY754yrs4Y
Invest more money in training for police officers AND social services that are meant to support those in need with mental health and addiction issues.
@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
@8TCW4N34yrs4Y
No, but each emergency response team should have a registered social worker to deescalate specific situations.
@wackytabackyboi4yrs4Y
both should have more funding.
@8PSKHZN4yrs4Y
Decrease police weapons in non-violence related scenarios.
@616knightNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Yes, but slowly so there is not a vacuum during the change
@9BYCJZH2yrs2Y
in between, yes the police should have more funding and more training but also have highly interviewed volunteers for lower crimes.
@989QNY22yrs2Y
replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls increase funding and training for police departments in higher violent crime rate communities
@923XY2R3yrs3Y
Both sides of the coin should have enough funding to cover their needs.
Reduce the police funding partially (maximum by 5%) to fund specialists who can deal with non-violent calls in a better way than the police.
@8Y2B7KC3yrs3Y
Only fund the police for their NEEDS, like guns and bulletproof items for safety and hire people that help rehabilitate criminals.
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