“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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@8PTVYLW4yrs4Y
No, police should instead be trained to respond in non-violent situations in order to mitigate police issues
@8Q2GXXR4yrs4Y
Agreed. The main counter-argument with this is that cops get paid highly and it wastes their time. If you consider those social workers are paid around 15k less per year than cops, and if this was implemented, cops would be paid 15k higher a year for their additional abilities to control violent mentally ill patients better and considering that social workers would have to call the cops anyways in that situation, you are actually saving money!
While social based programs should be prioritized, local police departments funding shouldn't be completely redirected.
@B2MZLYR3mos3MO
Put more funding into training police in handling delicate situations that will result in less tension/negative effects (e.i dealing with autistic individuals, minority groups, etc)
@9TQ5P3T7mos7MO
No, but restructure the police to include more humanitarian training to combat the apparent focus on flexing power to enforce the law
@9RSBJBJ9mos9MO
Yes and no. They should focus spending on social and community based programs, but that shouldn’t mean we should stop funding our police?
@9QQXRDV10mos10MO
Only redirect some funding for local police departments to social and community based programs. Provide more funding in areas currently dealing with severely high crime rates.
@9QQVM6K10mos10MO
I think both the police and social/community based programs are important, so funding should be increased for both fairly and evenly to support our communities.
@9QQT33810mos10MO
I don't think it should be redirected, just more evenly distributed to what each party actually needs.
@9K9Z4NB1yr1Y
While there is an importance in having the police, I feel that a chunk of the funding should go towards community programs that focus on bettering the community and the helping the people rather than over patrolling, etc.
@9FY4X5L2yrs2Y
Stop increasing police funding as much as it is now, but continue to increase funding for social and community based programs
@8R58JVK4yrs4Y
No. There is no other institution within our Country that has some visible flaws that we would say should have funding stripped. Stripping funding will no eliminate the flaws, it will enhance them.
@8QZS5YZ4yrs4Y
Remove some funding from police, put it back into communities. I wouldn’t say replace all police but definitely agree w having an unarmed person responding to non violent calls
@942PJLF3yrs3Y
Give more funding to both
@93S66JL3yrs3Y
I don't think all funding should be redirected but some, as police are abusing their rights to have weapons by using them only against people of colour
@93RV2L93yrs3Y
@93RSK3W3yrs3Y
use some of the funding if there's too much
@93RPFX53yrs3Y
Keep the funding for local police as it is, but find alternative funding sources for social and community based programs to help combat crime.
@93R9GJV3yrs3Y
Yes, while in the meantime working to fix the corrupt system that is the police.
@937T8T83yrs3Y
Increase funding for mental health supports
@92NGGN23yrs3Y
We should fund both equally in my opinion.
@8VV3BLT4yrs4Y
Social and community based programs definitely need an overhaul and upgrade. If officers who have committed crimes were no longer suspended 'with pay', the funding could go towards our communities.
@8VTHFRVNew Democratic4yrs4Y
No, make stricter guidelines on how cops should act
@8VR36ZS4yrs4Y
We still need police officers in the world no matter how hard we try and push them away. We just need a stronger approach on who to hire and training specific to understand their job and what they can and can’t do. Just because you have a badge doesn’t mean you win.
@8VH8FBHConservative4yrs4Y
No, not redirected. Funding should be provisioned and allocated to both police and social/community based programs to better prepare each party for issues that arise.
@8VH43HFNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Maintain police departments and ensure funding for social programs as well
@8VC7N6SConservative4yrs4Y
Deparmentalize the roles of "police" and improve the reporting infrastructure to properly respond to issue at hand
@8VB3475New Democratic4yrs4Y
No but provide more mandatory training
@8TS4WKV4yrs4Y
Continue to fund the police and add community support funding for youth and dealing with specialized services.
@8TJCPQL4yrs4Y
I do not think that the funding should be completely redirected but I do feel there should be more funding for social and community based programs.
@8TJ7N8X4yrs4Y
No, but police should be held to a national standard that abides by human right laws and regulations
@8TJ49CY4yrs4Y
I think it should be evenly distrubuted
@8TJ44TP4yrs4Y
Some funding should be directed to social and community based programs.
@8THMKN64yrs4Y
Redirect some of the funding, but not all of it. Still leaning to more funding or the police departments
@8TFVW57New Democratic4yrs4Y
Increase funding for mental health experts and social workers to work with police departments to help de-escalate mental health crises.
@8TBBM5Y4yrs4Y
Spend funding reshaping the police system to reduce power imbalance instead of on militarization.
@8SQ3DF44yrs4Y
maybe give half of the funding to social community and half to the police
@8RJG4WM4yrs4Y
Yes and No add more support for people abused but do not defund the police.
@8QHYNW94yrs4Y
No, but only if the funding is needed to keep a police department.
@8PK8M6C4yrs4Y
Have a special role in policing for officers with a health care background.
@8PJY6KH4yrs4Y
Social and community based programs should receive more funding but not from the police budget.
@8P8TPVV4yrs4Y
Abolish police unions, demilitarize the police, redirect that funding to community and social programs, end qualified immunity and work on civilian watchdogs, police accountability, and community-based policing.
I think it should be cut but not drastically, the amount of funding for police departments and social programs should be similar
@9CN6GGV2yrs2Y
Increased, but money should also be used to redirected to social and community based programs
@9CMT6GH2yrs2Y
Yes, however only partially
@9CMP4L22yrs2Y
Yes, it should be decreased but not all of it should be redirected.
@9CML6JN2yrs2Y
Don't remove police but move some funding to Social and community based programs, while also putting police in more crime heavy areas
Yes partially and collaborate with local programs and police departments
@9CMFTM62yrs2Y
Yes, funding should be equally shared to both.
@98RBBP52yrs2Y
In addition to the police force, we need reallocation of funds to ensure the police have only required resources, and other funds are provided to unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls.
@98Q2HH42yrs2Y
More money should be diverted to comunnity programs
do not replace police but have the option to call unarmed respinders for non- violent calls
@98PL3W42yrs2Y
We need to have both, safe unarmed police in the community and police for bigger, dangerous issues.
@8SLWDF94yrs4Y
yes, but still continue funding the police but with reduced amount of money
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