“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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@92T6YGG3yrs3Y
I dont understand this question.
@35W6RJ23yrs3Y
The police system must be reformed and have subdivisions that deal in community and social based issues.
@4LPK7XY4yrs4Y
Empower police departments to resource subject matter experts in matters of de-escalation training, community engagement, and focus on supporting low-income communities.
@3TRKR473yrs3Y
No, keep existing funding and add funding for social and community based programs.
@3JZS28T4yrs4Y
Regardless, all government bodies funded by theft should be abolished, including both police and social/community programs.
@6QLP77X4yrs4Y
Yes, but keep funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities
@55RTR4B4yrs4Y
No, direct police departments to operate social- & community-based programs
@TyberZannxxxx4yrs4Y
No, investigate police departments for corruption instead
@56VWDQ64yrs4Y
Yes, but responsibly and adequately fund the police. Increase funding for social and community based programs.
@3MB97K64yrs4Y
Fund the police but increase funding for social workers and utilize community responders for most calls
@7GN3KJY4yrs4Y
Allocate more funds towards social programs, but not at the expense of police departments
@7B37V4H4yrs4Y
Yes, but not all of the funding
@75KRFBJ4yrs4Y
Social workers should be integrated into the police force to deal with low-risk or more sensitive issues
@7S489C94yrs4Y
There should be redirection of money inside the police force ie: instead of buying new cruisers spend that money on more training
@7HB49X84yrs4Y
We need a partisan solution to this situation. Both sides can be a benefit to this country.
@7J3YXY35yrs5Y
No. Add funding for unarmed community-based first-responders to support community safety.
@MasterShrey214yrs4Y
No, but redirect wasteful spending to community programs.
@8DJ53BZ4yrs4Y
Keep the police but make the punishment for brutality stricter.
@8F5PKLS4yrs4Y
Yes, but also increase their funding and training and de arm them.
@8FC86NP4yrs4Y
Take some of it away, but don't completely abolish the police as they are essential
@8FPLGKD4yrs4Y
Yes, police forces should either be augmented by or have much of their responsibilities reallocated to unarmed social service workers.
@8G5WR6D4yrs4Y
This should be a decision made based on violent crime and poverty rates in a particular jurisdiction.
@8H6QZWL4yrs4Y
Yes, but the number of offices should not be reduced.
@8HRGJTV4yrs4Y
No, increase funding and training to help make the justice system less corrupt
@8J3Q2DD4yrs4Y
Redirect funding instead. Funding for local police departments should go to training and paying police officers instead of having the best and newest weapons. However, more funding should be directed to social and community programs so they can support the duties of police officers and take some of the load off their backs.
@8KLLCKT4yrs4Y
Redirect excess funding of police to programs that aid communities, and redirect their current budget to be more focused on proper training of police officers, especially training in regards to de-escalating potentially violent situations.
@8LSVCGK4yrs4Y
No, there should be a balance for funding local departments and social, community-based programs.
@8N9M79Z4yrs4Y
No, but police reform is needed along with more funding and better training. Social and community-based programs should also be added to allow police to focus on crime.
@8P8TVTS4yrs4Y
This is a highly contextual issue based on local conditions, this simply does not have an across the board answer.
@8QVKJQM4yrs4Y
Yes, but the police should not be abolished.
@8SGV53Q4yrs4Y
Keep funding for police departments, but also give funding separate from police dept. budgets to unarmed community based responders for nonviolent calls.
@brywharris4yrs4Y
The police need to not be given access to such militarized weapons and there should be police not going to situations where they are not trained, but rather have social workers and professionals be sent to these situations.
@WolferusYT4yrs4Y
No, but have unarmed community-based responders for non-violent calls instead of police officers.
