“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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@8CBVDPG5yrs5Y
No, but have have police go through a most strict training and mental evaluation to determine their stability and ability to do their job without using bias
@9FSSWS7New Democratic2yrs2Y
No, but efforts should be made to hire more social workers, mental health specialists and addiction counsellors to complement police officers.
Increase funding to social and community based programs independent of police funding.
@96KD6623yrs3Y
funding should increase so that police can be better train to deal with situations like mental health problems.
@8YCQ7HQ3yrs3Y
we need meantal health profesiojnals for cases such as sucicide to go with police as a seprat but the same force
@8WNNTG23yrs3Y
Funding for better training/spread out funding to some social programs
@8VS823M4yrs4Y
Yes, but alongside reform for police practices.
@8VRTQVN4yrs4Y
Keep funding for police and add funding for social and community based programs
@8VNZPWH4yrs4Y
Not all of it but some funding yes
@8VLVZP34yrs4Y
We need the police yet I believe there could more public resources available
@8VJFQJN4yrs4Y
I’m gunna say no I believe better training ,therapy’s must be implemented along with anger management training, not everyone can wake up and wonder if they well die today. There must be retraining on when use of force is necessary. Along with any racist actions should result in dismissal and therapy’s to help that disorder along with replacement to another sector of the work force
@8VJ7CMY4yrs4Y
Yes, but only a portion and with specific mandates, such as sending health workers to deal with addiction or mental health crises.
@8VBBSB64yrs4Y
No & more funding to community based programs
@8V563NZ4yrs4Y
Not familiar enough with practice
We should be able to fund both
@8TX9JF84yrs4Y
Some police funding should be reduced to add mental health worker responders to certain issues that Police presently fail horribly at.
@8J3ZMJX5yrs5Y
I believe both are needed.
@8CKY8PZ5yrs5Y
police should not lose or gain any funds they should simply hire better officers and have better exams
@9BSV4MR2yrs2Y
Need funding for both police and social programs
@99788KW2yrs2Y
It needs to be split between the police and community programs, the ratio should be determined based on crime in the area
@9945P2L2yrs2Y
Divert 10% of the Funding to help the Communities, and hire people from those Communities
@8TYFXBP4yrs4Y
Re-directed in some communities to more social and community based programs, and increased funding for police in higher crime rate communities
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