“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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@5GHSCDS4yrs4Y
Yes, but maintain enough funding for better training
@8ZP5XPN3yrs3Y
Funding should be moved away from militaristic deployment and towards training and education.
@3YCKLNH4yrs4Y
Yes and reduce the duties of police to the smallest, most necessary subset of law enforcement.
@4N8THPV5yrs5Y
Yes, if that is what the community decides. End federal funding for local police departments.
@2MSVHL24yrs4Y
We should have more privatized funding, local funding, stop militarizing the police. Get them better training and maybe even some mental help on staff.
@593CCZ54yrs4Y
Until the war on drugs ends, police will be a military type force. They have been thrust into this role by government. We should end the war on drugs and then demilitarize the police forces, to have them return to their conducting themselves as they did in the past (protect/serve).
@3JZS28T4yrs4Y
Regardless, all government bodies funded by theft should be abolished, including both police and social/community programs.
@2JKJDDZ4yrs4Y
Yes, but only for non criminal related matters like traffic violations and mental health services
@55RTR4B4yrs4Y
No, direct police departments to operate social- & community-based programs
@2K396D24yrs4Y
Yes, and The Police should be absorbed into the Sheriff's office, as the Sheriff answers to the people.
@2K396D24yrs4Y
Yes, and The Police should be absorbed into the Sheriff's department, as the Sheriff answers to the people.
@7BW69RN4yrs4Y
Privatize police forces instead.
@84JHJXZ4yrs4Y
No, social and community-based programs should receive funding from individual citizens. Also, local police departments should reallocate funds for training instead of equipment.
@5GHSCDS4yrs4Y
Yes, but maintain some funding for better training
@38LNC724yrs4Y
Police should be paid more and better trained AND there should be increased funding to social and community based programs to better deal with situations involving drugs, mental health, or other problems that don't require force/guns that police deploy.
@2HN4HSX4yrs4Y
Transfer all funding and policing duties to the elected sheriff's department.
@5VW46HK4yrs4Y
Increase training for police departments, but also provide funding for social and community based programs.
@7BMP7N53yrs3Y
No, but raise the standards of racial sensitive and education for police officers as a whole
@84N8BY44yrs4Y
No, but police training needs to improve to make deadly force a last resort.
@8GDCWLZ4yrs4Y
Yes, police should be community oriented and only respond to violent crimes.
@8GYCXW34yrs4Y
No, their funding should be lowered and taxes that support them should be lowered
@8R6BDQ64yrs4Y
No, but policing needs reforms to reduce force usage and militarization.
@8R7N6V44yrs4Y
The militarization of the police needs to end. End qualified immunity and civil asset forfeiture.
@8RBFHYK4yrs4Y
@8RJ2TQK4yrs4Y
This is up to the local government and is not a federal issue
@8XH4JKP3yrs3Y
Police should get better training rather than just using brute force. they should be better trained in dealing with situations and how to not let personal beliefs get in the way of their job.
