“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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Redirect parts of the police budget to social and community based programs
@PuzzledBaboon2yrs2Y
While it's true that social and community-based programs can have a profound, positive impact, we also need to remember the vital role that police departments play in maintaining law and order. For instance, in New York City, significant budget cuts led to a stark rise in crime rates in 2020. Perhaps a better solution might involve a precise audit of police funds to ensure they're used more efficiently.
@9D9LW8F2yrs2Y
the police department should get money according to there community reports and legit arrest records. not by what they say they need.
@85QWNPG3yrs3Y
No, the problem of US police force is not the amount of investment but rather the unfair encentives for stops, searches and jailings, private prisons and lack of training of which can all be fixed by both more oversight, accountability and a balance of the spending in current budgetary finances.
Only funding for military grade weapons for the police force should be reduced or eliminated and redirected to social and community based programs, but we need police and they should be adequately funded. We should also move towards a more active presence of police on foot, bicycles or other means that allow them to connect with community members.
@9XLX9W76mos6MO
Police departments aren't the problem the problem is that there are some inherently racist police and over-policing of lower-income neighborhoods that give law enforcement a bad rap. Funds should be reallocated to filtering biased policing.
@9XGKGC56mos6MO
It should be equally distributed between local police departments and social community based programs.
@9X4ZPYG7mos7MO
I believe we should keep the local police department funding the same but invest in community based responders for non-violent issues.
@9WTFGR77mos7MO
No, but they should recieve much better training and individual officers should face much harsher punishments for their actions.
@9VSY5Q67mos7MO
No, but police departments need to be restructured and mental health calls should be responded to by mental health experts.
@9V8DFWQ8mos8MO
Funding should remain the same. There should however be less police officers, and the funds used to employ the remaining officers should better spent in greatly improved training programs.
@9TN4XG88mos8MO
We should fund police to a degree, but put criminals convicted of drug related crimes in rehabilitation centers or reformity clinics provided by people who care about the community.
@9SKMQ2Q9mos9MO
no, increase funding and pay better wages to officers of the law. I believe that this could help stop the issues within police forces.
@9S6DHV69mos9MO
They should change their hiring process and have a serious output on who they hire to the police force
@9RMFT58Independent10mos10MO
No, but police should have to take wellness tests to prove they are fit to serve their communities and are not too aggressive.
@9QZFHPT10mos10MO
Keep money the same but redirect money towards body cams and training cops to handle their emotions better and weed out all the bigotry in the police force. Restructure the police the way the major of DC has been.
It depends on the area and if we change how our police handle certain situations. it also depends on if we figure out a way to decrease violent crime in the United States.
@9LLZ22C1yr1Y
Use the funding to incorporate more training for police in mental health cases. There should be a separate department that is armed, but trained to handle cases where mental health is involved.
@9LH68JF1yr1Y
I believe that police departments that aren't necessarily in dire need of money then they shouldn't receive additional funding but the funding should instead go towards programs to help and enrich the youth.
@9LGM5XM1yr1Y
I think all of these are very drastic ideas. Instead, reform the police departments and be more willing to punish corrupt cops who do cruel things with their power to create a less corrupt system.
@9L7LQBRIndependent1yr1Y
They should divert police funding to fire departments and other emergency services that are comparably very underfunded
@9KYC5JP1yr1Y
Yes, but not to the point where it decreases the effectiveness of the police to a noticeable degree.
@9KVLRPV 1yr1Y
Largely dependent on the local community. Higher crime areas should focus on traditional police force.
@9KJ222R1yr1Y
In less crime-ridden areas, definitely decrease the funding, but in high crime areas, keep as is. However, regardless of location, increase funding and minimum requirements for police training, as a lot of issues with corruption in the police force tends to be due to the haphazard hiring of those who care more for the power involved with the job and less so about actually protecting the peace of the people.
@9KH2QNF1yr1Y
No, Police should require stricter training and psychological testing and higher education in political science as well as annual retest similar to how lawyers keep their licenses.
@9KGSSYG1yr1Y
No, police need to be retrained to reduce levels of hostility towards minority races and LGBTQ+ individuals.
@9KFTJND1yr1Y
keep it the same but make it so they need to go through more training and test to prove they don't have a racial bias
No, but they should have a specially trained unit of unarmed community-based responders for non-violent calls.
@9JYTZXT 1yr1Y
I believe a set amount of funding for the police should be set towards public security. This may be a little dystopian but I believe just simple people with security training patrolling certain neighborhood with high crime rates could significantly lower those very crime rates.
@9JVGN6C1yr1Y
police just need more training becuase th US has the lowest training time out of all other countries
@9JK4ZNF1yr1Y
Redirect police funding to community programs and higher training standards for police. Eliminate private companies which provide training to police departments and train officers on de-escalation.
@8DZCSNH 1yr1Y
Increase training nut don't increase funding and add more funds to social & community based programs
@9HPXP2Z1yr1Y
police should be for civil matters, domestic terrorism or armed crimes should fall on the national guard
@9HCJ4BQ1yr1Y
No, increase officer training hours and training budgets. Include racial acceptance training, and extensive psychological testing to ensure mental stability.
Require 4 year degrees for LEO, 2 year POST with an emphases on de-escalation techniques. Take 1/3 of police funding to create mental health teams to deal with mental health issues.
@9H4PCF61yr1Y
They should both be equally funded, as the police are intended to keep us safe and community based programs help the community.
@9GYCVCM1yr1Y
I believe we should redirect existing police funding to training and high-crime communities however I also believe in more social and community based program funding.
@9GXKBT6Transhumanist2yrs2Y
My stance on this is nuanced because there is a lot of legitimate danger and criminality in the world, and the police need money in order to have what they need to protect the larger society. However, I also understand that the wealthy use the police as their army and that LGBTQ+ and racial minorities experience a disproportionate number of arrests and violations of their rights. I think that some of the money should be redirected but not too much and the money that is taken should fund science-based organizations.
@9GJ4CTS2yrs2Y
A portion should go to community based programs as there is no real information on how the training would improve the police then when they were first trained.
@9GBZ9B62yrs2Y
I think we should focus on helping both sides. The police are important, and so is our community. more police should be held accountable for how well they do their jobs, and how they discriminate against others.
@9GB5G832yrs2Y
I think some of the funding not all of it could be used for social and community based programs and the police could even help out.
@9G7LZXD2yrs2Y
No, but increase implicit bias training, require police to live in the communities they serve, and replace some police officers with concealed-carrying social workers to de-escalate situations. Social and community based programs should definitely be funded more.
@9FVZDVC2yrs2Y
No, but create mandatory therapy appointments for officers, frequent evaluations by community and committee, and restricted gun access.
@9FT2Z6Q2yrs2Y
I think we should increase funding for police departments towards implicit bias training and require more training in general.
@9FSZMRH2yrs2Y
I think that police funds should be put to better use than they are. Like better training and more advanced equipment.
@9FM8WKY2yrs2Y
What I think needs to be done is KCPD needs to get crucified for all of the awful things that they are getting away with.
@9DWCNX22yrs2Y
The funds should be spilt accordingly between the three. With more money being directed to social and community based programs, more funding towards these programs will uplift more people. Poverty tends to correlate with crimes, less poverty means less crimes and less crimes mean lesser need for police.
@9D9BS9T2yrs2Y
An adequate amount should be redistributed to community based programs and there should be special units who use guns
@9FQG6WC2yrs2Y
The funding should be split between social communities and the Police Department.
@9LNTTKZIndependent1yr1Y
Yes, depending on whether or not the area has a high rate of crime in which both social and community programs should be boosted as well as police department funding.
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