“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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@8FBWBFG5yrs5Y
Yes, but only some of the funding
@8DF7R425yrs5Y
@8VFD9N24yrs4Y
"no, but increase funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities" ... i agree with this more than the other options, but i don't think the focus should be put only on a specific community because i believe if cops get too focused and used to more violent crimes, they could easily lose rational thinking when there's a non-violent call.
@8X9RVBH4yrs4Y
I don't have a opinion on this
@8J5QSGM5yrs5Y
i think it should be equal
@9D9KZZXIndependent2yrs2Y
No, but there should be funding made available for social and community based programs
@9B9DS4B2yrs2Y
No option that says that it doesn’t matter, but that’s what I think.
@9B9C6NQ2yrs2Y
We should open the savings of making private stations less profit and more efficient spending to investing the public & sensitivity training.
@9BVK8TK2yrs2Y
No, but increase mental health related training for police officers and/or sending mental health professionals along on calls.
@99DP5TF2yrs2Y
Find both police and social programs
@97ZGFW32yrs2Y
No, increase funding and training for police departments nationwide and create a federal police force
@8ZLR3TY3yrs3Y
We should increase funding for social and community based programs, but we should not cut police funding across the board to do so.
@8Z4Q8P43yrs3Y
@8M5N8QS5yrs5Y
I don't think funding should be redirected, but there should be more funding for those programs.
Less funds should go to the police and more should go to public safety and community support. But the police should be stricter with who they hire and their training.
@B3NPDB22mos2MO
I think it should be a equal thing, but also have better training and background for said police, but social issues an accruing thing and funding it to be supported would make sense
@B37MYYV3mos3MO
There will ALWAYS be bad people, good luck when that armed robber breaks into your house and you try talking about his feelings to him. We NEED a police department
@B2WYCBYLibertarian3mos3MO
Police should have more in depth training on psychological responses for victims instead of just a physical response shooting people.
@B2S7NCD3mos3MO
No, but government should add the funds necessary to establish necessary programs for the community to thrive.
@9ZVB2SD6mos6MO
No, focus on funding and training for police departments, and fund development of non-lethal options for apprehension.
@9ZSB9FM6mos6MO
There has to be a mix of both. We can't go a day without the police, and if want to help them out, then we need to contribute to that. But I also think other things in the community should also have help.
@9ZPQ3J96mos6MO
Yes, but also focus on non-lethal and de-escalation tactics in police force training and increase intra-department accountability for malpractice.
@9ZN764C6mos6MO
To a degree. Anti-corruption, training on citizen rights and de-escalation should be a higher priority than it is now.
@9YF2VHX6mos6MO
We need to train our officers and equate police officers to military in how they are trained and give them mental health resources for PTSD
@9XXPSZG6mos6MO
Only if the police has concrete evidence from social media they can do that do not get rid of police.
@9XV24BR6mos6MO
A portion of the police funding should go to establishing unarmed responders for non-violent calls. Regular police are still needed for those violent incidents, but should not be the default for issues like a wellness check or other non-violent disputes.
@9XV25866mos6MO
I feel like we need police but we also need social services and youth services The government should increase funding for social and community based programs
@9XMQHP26mos6MO
No, but their should be an increase in local community based programs on top with the people to help join the communities together instead of trying to break them apart.
Don’t defund the police - more so training the police and funding programs that help with mental health situations. Let’s train police officers a variety of self defense other than using guns right away
@9XLLZL26mos6MO
The Police should exist and be armed, but not be paid, only volunteer and face manslaughter charges whenever they kill someone, just like a regular citizen.
No, maintain funding but have the police work with community-based responders for non-violent calls.
The police's budgets and structure likely need to be reconstructed to emphasize more training, more psychological support, more community-oriented programs, and a higher emphasis on fitness and de-escalation techniques.
@9WWP5FN7mos7MO
It should be kept around the same for the departments and the programs, but with the departments having a little more as they're higher up usually.
@9WW95437mos7MO
Not decrease it but do more screenings to the kinds of people we are hiring as policemen. Character tests to ensure they are not inherently racist. Not targeting People of color.
@9WW2P337mos7MO
funds should be set aside for social programs but the police should not be struggling financially for these programs
@9WTXY4M7mos7MO
Do both. Focus funding and training in higher crime areas and replace some police with unarmed community based responders.
@9WP8YMX7mos7MO
I think that funding for the police should not go down, however there doesn't need to be any money added and that funding should go towards community based programs.
@9WH3MLFIndependent7mos7MO
I think there should be funding for the police however there should also be funding for an unarmed community as well
@9W4S3Y47mos7MO
The funding should be used for new training that focuses on a more communal and less militaristic form of policing.
@9W3JMHD7mos7MO
Yes, but not all of it. They should be allowed to have some funding while also helping the community
@9VWR7ZK7mos7MO
I think both should be funded. Police departments also need more training and stricter requirements for becoming a police officer.
@9VW5QHG7mos7MO
Yes but not fully. A PORTION of the budget should be used to fund a mental health/civil level non felony actors to address situations where appropriate, allowing armed police to deal with crimes there life, community, and property are threatened by bad actors (withstanding mental health threats).
@9VL26NX7mos7MO
No, funding should stay the same but unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls should be the first option with plain clothes police officers available as backup.
@9VKBRD67mos7MO
No, fund unarmed community responders for non-violent calls. Fund more police training and education for violent crimes.
@9VK7WR97mos7MO
Increase funding and training for police while increasing funding for social and community based programs.
@9VDLZ2W7mos7MO
I think both are important to society. without the police, people would run wild, but without community based programs, the community would fall because there is no sense of togetherness
@9VCS5DL7mos7MO
We do not need to defund the police but there needs to be fund allocation for social and community programs
@9V7QRDH8mos8MO
I think that social and community based programs need more funding but that the opposition is to demolish the police.
@9V493NY8mos8MO
For nonviolent non criminal issues it should be community responders which would take away some pressure from the police.
@9TM5T538mos8MO
No- we need to put more work into fixing the policing system: better training, more equipped cops, and more accountability.
@9TDZ3628mos8MO
Yes, the police should be used for violent calls and community based responders should be used for non-violent calls
@9TC9YQD8mos8MO
Yes, to an extent. There is still a need for police presence, but it requires more regulation, accountability, training, as well as equal focus put towards other social programs to ensure they are able to intervene in situations best assisted by those areas of expertise.
@9T3GR898mos8MO
instead, focus on helping the police BE the social support, rather than promoting them to mass arrest the population.
@9SRTPW29mos9MO
I don't think we should stop funding the police they do a lot but I think we should do better training and carful on who we give a badge to.
@9SLZN5MLibertarian9mos9MO
Different communities have different requirements as far as police funding. Different communities have different crimes and thus require different solutions.
@9SGC4W69mos9MO
No, keep current funding, instead, focus on restructuring training to include these services within police forces to reduce incidents and build community trust.
@9SCL8SL9mos9MO
yes to a certain point. Not all though as education/training should be completed for departments too.
@9S4SXNS9mos9MO
Some funding should be redirected to conflict resolution teams, but these teams should compliment, not replace the police.
@9RPMTZ410mos10MO
Police are necessary to the extent that they are investigating and preventing violent crimes, but there should be a different unarmed task force deployed for situations that are non-violent inherently. Additionally, police investigating crime should be under heavy strictures to abide by a duty not to harm, similar to military codes of conduct.
@9RNKVWX10mos10MO
No, put the power of funding social and community based programs with the police departments working with community organizations.
@9RHGV9W10mos10MO
Police training needs to be better. Our communities need to be better too. Then there will be less crime and police will have a safer job.
@9R6NM5LIndependent10mos10MO
No, I believe that funding for police should remain the same or increase in order to entice better candidates. Requirements for becoming a police officer should be harder and a higher salary could be used to incentivize a better hiring pool as well.
@9R5PTTZ10mos10MO
No, find a balance to increase community standards of conduct and training law enforcement on non violent or physical resolution.
@9R45ZH910mos10MO
no i don't think that we should completely de-fund the police but i think less spending should be done on weapons or miscellaneous items but more on actual training proper technique and a revamp on psychological testing and training
@9R2Q2Z410mos10MO
In no particular order, 1.2.3 -- <1>: require police to buy individual private malpractice insurance out of their own salaries, no tax funding permitted. Repeat offenders will get their rates raised, and be priced out of the job. <2>: put all police under the command of elected sheriffs, with absolute power to hire and fire at any time; under threat of not being re-elected if they let rotters stay on. <3>: Publish police records across police departments all over, so those who claim prior experience will already have their records instantly available to prospective new employers.
@9QSFR9Z10mos10MO
Police don't need to be defunded but rather demilitarized and moved to a more community-based policing approach. More regulation and training on use of lethal force.
@9PS6FTPLibertarian11mos11MO
No, it should be increased for higher levels of training, more mental health-checks and prioritizing human services trainings
@9NR2VM4Independent11mos11MO
No, but unarmed units should exist for less extreme situations. Also police should be trained on how to deal with mentally handicapped citizens and should not be trained to shoot first.
@9NCJP6412mos12MO
Training in deescalation for police and community based responders for both non violent and to accompany violent calls.
@9MLMS5Y12mos12MO
Police departments across the country should be held to a federal standard as they are in other countries like Germany and UK with local precincts controlled by their respective state. There are too many inconsistencies between state, county, and city police departments in the US.
@9MFZG9L1yr1Y
This is a nuanced question that will have a variety of answers depending on the specific local communities needs.
@9M5P8YR1yr1Y
Why not both, train community based responders for non-violent calls, and increase training for higher crime communities. As well as incorporating more veteran opportunities into crime enforcement positions, whether administrative or training?
@9LYNLKY1yr1Y
No but a portion of it should be redirected into getting rid of corrupt cops and establishing better methods to prevent corruption in the police.
@9LRN6JWIndependent1yr1Y
Yes, but make sure the police still receive enough funding to operate at an appropriate capacity for their county.
@9LJ37GB1yr1Y
Some funding should definitely go to these places, but not all of it. Police are given more money than is at all necessary and some of those funds could be used more effectively in other hands.
@9LFKJMY1yr1Y
Yes, but on a "common sense" level, ie. each department having social workers in-house and on-call to address situations where mental health could be a factor.
@9KX2PR5 1yr1Y
No, increase training time and resources for police. Police precents in communities of color should be 70% police of color or minority race.
@9KW266Z 1yr1Y
There should be a balance of funding for both police and community-based programs, that way there will be more equal financial opportunity for both.
@9KVDLT71yr1Y
Reallocate funds to proper training for police and invest in social programs for non violent offenses
@9KN2TSV1yr1Y
Abolish City Police. Let the Mayor run the City, let the Sherriff (an elected position) run Law Enforcement.
@9KKGSCJ1yr1Y
Yes, some funding should be reallocated with the intention that police and public safety have different duties and job descriptions
@9KGDKND1yr1Y
Keep the current funding and use excess or funding that could be better used towards creating a better community.
@9KD6STG1yr1Y
No, but the money that we do have should be reallocated and used to better train our police departments
@9KCFRCR1yr1Y
Give the police enough money to maintain operations and give any extra to social and community based programs
spilt funding or work something out for the social and community based programs and maybe use some of the police’s money for better training and evaluation so we have no corrupt cops
@9JXVF5N1yr1Y
Some funding should be redirected to add support so that there are people with mental health training working with police
@9JRVNQMIndependent1yr1Y
i think that we should focus both on increasing training for police departments while also focusing on social and community based programs that can help people in need
@9J4TYRN 1yr1Y
The entire police system needs to be overrun. Requirement of a bachelor's degree along with psychological/physical evaluation, as well as pass an aptitude test. With the new requirements, police should also receive a higher salary.
@9HVN432 1yr1Y
No, however, police officers should be held reliable for what they do while on patrol. Even allegations of misconduct can still be a sign of unprofessionalism.
@9HV9SKT1yr1Y
No, move some funding from lower crime rate communities to higher crime rate areas and improve training in both.
@9HRDZHR1yr1Y
No, Further training should be required to include ROE, EOF, mental health best practices, and demilitarization.
@9HMYCTZ1yr1Y
Yes and no, funding should be redirected to more community based programs, but the police should also receive enough funding to still operate.
@9HGKY5P1yr1Y
Only in cities with low crime rate's but still don’t cut all training funding, cities with high crime rates police should have funding go to training
@9H396SF1yr1Y
No, funding should be cut in half. Funding should still go to police departments, but more funding needs to go into education, healthcare, youth services, etc. as they are all important.
@9H2VF6Q1yr1Y
I think it should be redirected if the department is found guilty of doing something they shouldn't and that it should only be part of the funding being redirected.
@9GVC9WJ2yrs2Y
Yes, allow social workers to work alongside police for non violent calls but also give the police better training so they are ALSO aware.
@9GJQCXV2yrs2Y
No, but add strict regulation internally of police departments for discriminatory members or who have a history or are likely to use unnecessary lethal force
@9G3RFW22yrs2Y
Both should get it, but mostly the police, cause they gotta fight crime, but still give the others too 👍
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