Should funding for local police departments be redirected to social and community based programs?

Funding should be moved away from militaristic deployment and towards training and education.

Yes and reduce the duties of police to the smallest, most necessary subset of law enforcement.

Yes, if that is what the community decides. End federal funding for local police departments.

We should have more privatized funding, local funding, stop militarizing the police. Get them better training and maybe even some mental help on staff.

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).

Regardless, all government bodies funded by theft should be abolished, including both police and social/community programs.

Yes, but only for non criminal related matters like traffic violations and mental health services

No, direct police departments to operate social- & community-based programs

Yes, and The Police should be absorbed into the Sheriff's office, as the Sheriff answers to the people.

Yes, and The Police should be absorbed into the Sheriff's department, as the Sheriff answers to the people.

Privatize police forces instead.

No, social and community-based programs should receive funding from individual citizens. Also, local police departments should reallocate funds for training instead of equipment.

Yes, but maintain some funding for better training

This should be determined on a case-by-case basis. There should be budgetary oversight of police departments and it may make sense to shift funding to mental institutions.

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.

Transfer all funding and policing duties to the elected sheriff's department.

Increase training for police departments, but also provide funding for social and community based programs.

No, but raise the standards of racial sensitive and education for police officers as a whole

No, but police training needs to improve to make deadly force a last resort.

Yes, police should be community oriented and only respond to violent crimes.

No, their funding should be lowered and taxes that support them should be lowered

No, the Federal Government shouldn't fund any of it. Personally: Eliminate the Patrol, Beat, Vice, and Car 87/Wellness Check cops.

Eliminate the Patrol, Beat, Vice, and Car 87/Wellness Check cops.

No, but policing needs reforms to reduce force usage and militarization.

The militarization of the police needs to end. End qualified immunity and civil asset forfeiture.

Cut spending as a whole

This is up to the local government and is not a federal issue

No, I'm satisfied with the current funding

Abolish programs and the police

No, but allow for non-profit groups to be brought in as partners to police to assist with rehabilitation after domestic violence and other crimes

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.