“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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@7YS3KJPIndependent2yrs2Y
Yes, but not all funding; I would be fine with some funding being redirected; however, I think a better solution would be to encourage cooperation between mental health professionals and departments.
@7YS3KJPIndependent 6mos6MO
No, but encourage cooperation between police departments and social and community-based programs so that de-escalation is easier to achieve and police officers' burdens can be reduced.
@9DB3QRF2yrs2Y
No, increase funding in higher crime rate communities but enact certain reforms to combat corruption and systemic racism
@96JDR8G3yrs3Y
No, but police departments should submit a sufficient budget to their local government to show what the money is going to be spent and data to show how it will improve the safety of that particular city, town or village. Police departments should also have more access to mental health services in the community to help respond to specific emergencies.
@96JDR8G3yrs3Y
Police departments should submit a sufficient budget to their local government to show what the money is going to be spend and data to show how it will improve the safety of that particular city, town or village. Police departments should also have more access to mental health services in the community to help respond to specific emergencies.
@SquaredCircle3yrs3Y
No, fund both the police AND social/community based programs, especially for non-violent situations
@PresspacenutDemocrat3yrs3Y
No, but training programs for police should be increased.
@92KQ6TD3yrs3Y
No, but redirect some funding to mental health and training, as well as research.
@8PWC3D44yrs4Y
No, but still invest in community programs, and reform the police
@8PVR6HG4yrs4Y
Only some of the money, police are important but they need to be accountable to the communites they serve.
@8NTSV6H5yrs5Y
I believe it should be 50-50
Yes, some funds should be redirected but we should also make sure our officers are trained for our communities.
@aliteralsquid5yrs5Y
No, funding should be distributed based on compliance with policies intended to protect communities from police corruption and violence.
@8KY7FCY5yrs5Y
Somewhat, continue to improve police training while also having non-police handle more civil issues.
@8HVWFFR5yrs5Y
Require more years of training and actually make consequences to officers that do wrong.
@8GFDYL25yrs5Y
yes, but only some of the money
@798KX4J5yrs5Y
No, but increase funding for social and community based programs to work in conjunction with local police departments
@EATHAM2665yrs5Y
Yes, unless the purpose of funding the police is to improve training and job application tests
@8DHVBPL5yrs5Y
Funding should be decreased but not totally removed.
Use the current overvudget to train more
@LoganMinnesota985yrs5Y
No, continue funding but at a lower rate and use the excess money for social programs.
Train police correctly and put money into decreasing criminals
@7YS3KJPIndependent2yrs2Y
No, not all funding; I would be fine with some funding being redirected; however, I think a better solution would be to encourage cooperation between mental health professionals and departments.
@7YS3KJPIndependent2yrs2Y
No; I would be fine with some funding being redirected; however, I think a better solution would be to encourage cooperation between mental health professionals and departments.
No, but increase funding for training police officers in law and psychology.
@92YHQCV3yrs3Y
Yes, but the funding for local police departments and social & community-based programs should be split equally. However, for police departments in higher crime rate communities, then the funding and training should increase.
@8TXC7WM4yrs4Y
There are good police and bad police, just as there are good priests and bad priests, good pastors/bad pastors, good people and bad people. We should spend money on adding mental health workers to train officers and work alongside them for certain cases. We should also have a no tolerance for any officer showing violence against any citizen except in cases of self defense. Officers should be made to have a body cam on at all times to protect them and citizens. Any officer not wearing a cam and/or in any act of violence should be fired and lose their pension. If officers know this ahead of time it will weed out the bad ones. I’m a white, moderate, and I am distraught over the black lives lost...and how soon they are forgotten and we just move on. This has to stop! We need police, but we need GOOD police.
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