“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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@9FGHLGS2yrs2Y
I think funding should be divided evenly
@926XCDD3yrs3Y
some funding should be taken from police but not all funding
@8ZW42TKConservative3yrs3Y
they should both work together
@8ZW42GSNew Democratic3yrs3Y
No, but they should train the police better and be strict on how the police react in the situation and not have any bias.
Yes replacing the police with unarmed citizens sounds like a good idea at first but against an armed criminal? I personally think police should not have guns but instead other methods like tazers/rubber bullets/ tear gas and be trained more mentally in quick time situations to disarming and catching the suspect alive
@8WY86T23yrs3Y
yes and no, 50% of spending should go to community based programs and the other 50% of spending should go to training for police departments in higher crime rate communities.
split it police 65 and programs 35
@8VTH6V64yrs4Y
Funding for the police should go back to education and training. Teachers, doctors and other people we entrust our lives to have to go through years of training so why should it be different for cops. Make the 12 week program a bachelors degree, with psychology courses, sensitive training, race relations, and native history.
@8VLS7XD4yrs4Y
Funding should be increased for these programs and police should be trained more on de-escalation tactics and addressing problems specific to communities
@8T6YJTC4yrs4Y
More substantial background and mental stability checks to become a police officer.
@8SPFL2C4yrs4Y
There should be a combination.
@8R38BSK4yrs4Y
I think that the funding should go to making police training stricter to make sure they are fair and want to actually help people.
@8PN67GP4yrs4Y
should increase police funding in high crime are as well as community beneficial programs in distressed communities.
@8WY86K33yrs3Y
They should even it out. Keep the police, and add more mental health specialists.
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