“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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replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls, and increase funding for police departments in higher crime rate communities
@92LNWRNIndependent3yrs3Y
There should be more community based responders for non-violent calls, and more training for the police department. Not one or the other.
The police are important and need funding but local communities that are poorer need social outreach to prevent crimes
@B3MTJMZ2mos2MO
Split the funding, half goes to local police departments and the other half to social programs. This way, everyone has a win.
@9XLLNMM6mos6MO
Police should be required to have a higher education, especially in social welfare! They remain to protect the community, not to capture & keep slaves as they were originally intended for & why they were originally created.
No, instead we should focuses on the issues within the police department. Good funding is essential to combat crime especilly in high crime areas.
@9WJG78V7mos7MO
Defunding the police to be redirected to other programs that don't inheritly provide protection is wrong because those institutions that already serve and protect the community won't benefit from local groups spreading peace and good ideals. To actually protect the community force is going to be necessary for some situations.
@9S7L3QJ9mos9MO
No police funding should not be taken for the funding of it, instead separate funding should be provided by the government.
@9Q9ZYQ210mos10MO
No, I think police training should be changed and adapted to be better. Those within the police department should learn ways to control their violence against citizens, while I understand citizens do not hold back but there is so much police brutality out there, it makes all cops look bad.
@9KHYY7M1yr1Y
I support both of these institutions, one need not suffer for the sake of the other. That, and the community ought to pay for what they feel is important to them. If they feel police are more important than parks, let them make policy and give money to those institutions, or vice versa.
@9HQDGKC1yr1Y
social and community based programs should have moe funding police need less but not to be abolished or replaced
@9HNVB8X1yr1Y
Funding should remain or increase but should not develop militaristic police forces. Officers should be more educated and receive higher levels of training.
@9HB27KD1yr1Y
Though I do think police should be funded I believe that also don't need all the money and a portion of it can be redirected.
@9FNVYWM2yrs2Y
Add medical and social services to teams w/police to go to less violent/mental health/domestic/drug calls. It seems like police used to be very good at deescalating situations but seem too quick to pull trigger these days.
@9FMWTNS2yrs2Y
Yes, but only towards community-based programs that enhance the well-being of the localized areas and add to the overall safety of the people
@9FLSPS52yrs2Y
I feel yes and no with this. Police officers should be trained better, but funding for programs is also important.
@9FL3KL72yrs2Y
Increase funding yet also increase training in the US to become a police officer.
@9FL3J782yrs2Y
No, but there should be just as much money going into social and community based programs.
@9FKX4YMIndependent2yrs2Y
No, but increase training for police departments, along with conflict de-escalation.
@9FKNGB92yrs2Y
Places with high crime rates and good percentages in their sucess in preventing and catching criminals and crimes, should be given more funding, while those areas with low crime and poor percentages at catching crime should be reviewed and either have changes made to who is on the police force, and the amount of funding they recieve (based on if they need more tto be more successful or if they don't need more because they don't need more money due to low crimerates and such). Police abusing power should be punished severly and those who have abused their power should be removed from the police force immediately.
@9FKN5Q82yrs2Y
no, they should have more and better training programs that teach how to handle situations better with no emotion coming into play
@9FFL9Q72yrs2Y
No, but the police should be immediately fired upon their second offense and require stricter training to be hired.
@9DSB9CX2yrs2Y
No, although the police department are part of the government, they can still benefit the same amount from the money as the community based programs do.
@9DJJ9YP2yrs2Y
sometimes because some police do there job and some dont.
The funds should be divided into the olice departmet and social and community based programs.
@9BP96FG2yrs2Y
Add a mental health check to all police officers in training the money should go there
@9BN9CMK2yrs2Y
I think that there should be more checks and balances within the police department, but defunding them only makes it more difficult to hire well trained and morally set office and leads to more corruption. However, there should be more funding in community based programs as well.
@99B2X9L2yrs2Y
yes, but only when those social and community-based programs reduce the need for police departments
@96WLFWH3yrs3Y
Better public education and public parks and sidewalks and life in communities to decrease crime rates.
@95T4SXQ3yrs3Y
The combat training for police should be more emphasized. They should know what to do without using a gun.
@95SRGD2Progressive3yrs3Y
I believe the money should be redirected into special training programs for officers like for example, how to discuss issues with a person of color, people with disabilities like down syndrome or autism. Often, police do not know what to do in situations regarding people who match this description and the police need to be better educated.
@95SQDSW3yrs3Y
I feel like we should decrease police funding, but not abolish. We could also use a small portion to put towards social and community based programs.
@95RT9SC3yrs3Y
While local police in small towns shouldn't be abolished they shouldn't get more money either. They are still the people you'll see in the news shooting and harming POC because they're racist. Community based programs should be more funded
@95R4PNL3yrs3Y
Police should still have funding, I think that some money could go to other programs that could deal with certain issues that the police don't necessarily need to deal with.
@95QPLTH3yrs3Y
i think yes but in communities with higher crime rates there should be funding for more police to help protect
Don't abolish the police but do more background checks on who's becoming a police and what their intentions are.
Do not abolish the police department but also redirect a portion of the funds towards more important programs. Putting more police in high crime rate communities only means police brutality, more people of color will be profiled and killed
@956R33Q3yrs3Y
Yes, some funds should be shared to better the community.
@956GMKH3yrs3Y
I don't have a set stance at the moment
@955KVFX3yrs3Y
Funding should be dependent on the police departments effectiveness/reputation
@954T42F3yrs3Y
Funding for the police should remain the same and there should be an increase in social and community based programs.
@94X2X8Y3yrs3Y
No, not from police funding. Train officers how to handle conflict better and fund the community. Not form police funds.
@94QBBTL3yrs3Y
yes, but we should not try to replace them.
@948MQWY3yrs3Y
No, but increase the amount of training police go through before they can become a police officer.
@93KY3S23yrs3Y
Funding should be equal. There should be enough to provide for both parties/organizations which help the community immensely.
@92V8X943yrs3Y
No, but increase training and reform the training methods and curriculum
@zellhandsIndependent3yrs3Y
We should add unarmed community-based responders for non-violent calls as well as increase funding for training.
Funding for police should increase to improve training and the quality of the police force. They do not necessarily need to have more weapons and resources, but better, more strict training to ensure that 'accidents' don't happen anymore should be put into place. If this save money great, but I am also fine if it ends up costing more money to improve the training of officers.
Maintain or lessen, but make police take longer training periods.
@8Z5HYM63yrs3Y
Don't abolish, but don't give them unnecessary equipment.
@8YVHMR43yrs3Y
decrease police funding to raise social and community based programs
@8YV6HFQ3yrs3Y
Police are very important to society and without proper funding it would be a lot harder for them to operate.
@8YNN7T33yrs3Y
Funding should go to adding more learning aid programs like basic human psychology to help them understand situations and calls better
@8YK2Q6P3yrs3Y
@8XZJLGV3yrs3Y
Yes, but it depends on what social and community programs are
@8XXBWPX3yrs3Y
Police need more background and psychological checks
@8XPFPXZ3yrs3Y
Yes and no because yes I feel like the police should have good equipment so they don´t die on duty but it has to be a good community based programs if they aren´t good programs than the police should get to keep the money for they own equipment.
@8WVF6744yrs4Y
It should be equally distributed, both are here to protect the community
@8WS8CBBWomen’s Equality4yrs4Y
Not so sure about this question but I think that anybody who wants to be a police should do a lot of training and have a healthy mentality, not be racist. They shouldn't have the right to take someone's life away. For example, when they get called and can't do anything else but shoot, they should't shoot to kill but to stop the person from doing whatever they were going to do, they can shoot them in the leg or arm or shoulder, somewhere where they can't be too harmed but harmed enough to stop doing something bad. they should't shoot to kill.
Redirect some of the funding from local police departments to social and community based programs, but not all of the funds.
@8W7FB6C4yrs4Y
Reduce the amount spent on police, but not completely redirect
@8W54L4H4yrs4Y
no but the city should already have a funds for social and community based programs
@8W4LS7Z4yrs4Y
Not all should be redirected but some of it
@8SHFPJM4yrs4Y
Depends on the community program.
@8SDX2LH4yrs4Y
no, but funding from other areas should be directed to social and community-based programs, as well as to better training and monitoring of police officers.
@8QXQPK94yrs4Y
make it harder to get the job
@8QPLPSZWomen’s Equality4yrs4Y
no but there should be funding for community products
@8PT3RZG4yrs4Y
The funding between the local police departments should be split between the department and social and community based programs
@8N9SV8M5yrs5Y
Increase funding to the police and require more rigorous training along with being eescorted with an individual who is specialized in deescalation so the police are able to learn that as well.
@8N9RYRL5yrs5Y
No, but hold police to a higher standard than average citizens, so only corrupt cops are harmed.
@8MPQG7L5yrs5Y
Yes, somewhat, but still have strong police forces in place
@8M85K2Z5yrs5Y
Neutral, but increase and improve police training and discipline in order to prevent corrupt policemen and unjust events.
@8M4Z2Z9Independent5yrs5Y
increase funding in the right areas for the police force. For example, psychology training for dealing with all types of races religions and backgrounds.
@8LKDPGK5yrs5Y
Yes, while the police will always be needed, more effort is being put into stopping problems when they come up rather than trying to cull problems at the source. And the hyper-funding of the police force can lead to nasty corruption. While this kind of choice made sense decades ago, it is outdated in modern times. We need to focus on monetarily empowering therapists and other services while also making them available/affordable for low-income families. The more we do that, we could see less criminals in the future as many potential criminals may be robbed of their motive to do wrong if they just get the help they need.
Yes, and reduce the payment and provide more training for them since they obviously need it
They should both get funded because police are important just as social community activities are.
@8LFMVFT5yrs5Y
No, because cops need better technology because you see people getting away from cops.
@8LFCFHH5yrs5Y
No, but they should use the fund for longer training for police officers, and teach them how to respect basic human rights.
@8L6H4F45yrs5Y
No, increase training programs for the police so they can get the proper training they need and not have excuses on why they did what they did
@8KQNZJ35yrs5Y
Not informed to form an opinion
@8KFKNK55yrs5Y
No, but increase budgets for social and community based programs.
@8KBKJTXWomen’s Equality5yrs5Y
Some budgeting should be redistributed to those physiologically educated in assisting troubled people. The police should still be funded but some aspects of funding should be rearranged between others who are more suited to solve certain problems.
@8K79Y2D5yrs5Y
No, but officers should go through pieces of training every year such as psychological evaluations just so you know where their opinions stand.
@8JKGRT35yrs5Y
Yes, replace police with unarmed community based rrsponders
@8JDPLR9Independent5yrs5Y
no, we should place more funds to provide an extra emphasis on training, and also invest in social and community-based programs as well as school programs.
@8HZVM3C5yrs5Y
Some money should be reallocated to social and community based programs, while still providing funding to departments to cover day to day operation costs and better training programs for police officers.
@8HY52VD5yrs5Y
Funding should be lowered and reform needs to take place
@8HSCNBB5yrs5Y
Lower funding for police, but dont abolish.
@8H4HVPF5yrs5Y
Continue to fully fund local police departments, but also allocate more money to social and community based programs.
@8GGSXTD5yrs5Y
@8G892H9Libertarian5yrs5Y
No, decriminalize victimless crimes would reduce state prison capatities over 82%. Use the savings to increase police funding for training, and pay for social and community based programs with .
@8G53FJV5yrs5Y
Yes, but only a portion of funding be redirected.
@8FNNG8X5yrs5Y
Funding should continue to be made available so that police training and level of experience should be changed accordingly before an individual is made an official police officer due to the serious recent events in order to prevent potential future recurrences. And if such ordeals keep happening, then it would be better to redirect local police funds.
@8FNGD8F5yrs5Y
The system for training police should be reformed so that it is as difficult to become a police officer as it is to become a doctor. Both are supposed to save lives, both should be properly trained.
@8F7NVHSWomen’s Equality5yrs5Y
Yes, we need to decrease funding for the police, and either abolish them or reform.
@8DXZQHF5yrs5Y
Decrease the funds... Upset with police management.
@8DXSDFGLibertarian5yrs5Y
More funding and better training with police is how we reform.
@8DSBXFMLibertarian5yrs5Y
No, but police need to earn a degree in psychology, consituninal law, and criminal justice.
@8DKSBK85yrs5Y
Change pension with amounts with police officers, but keep the police
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