“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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@glockett5yrs5Y
No, we should pay them more for putting their lives on the line for us; but in addition, we should also increase funding for social and community based programs and not put so many jobs on the police.
@7PTCG385yrs5Y
No, increase deescalation training for police.
@7PTCG385yrs5Y
No, increase deescalation training for the police.
@7PTCG385yrs5Y
No, require increased deescalation training for the police.
@8C8G2N35yrs5Y
Funding should be redirected toward making police officers more reliable, they should receive social work training to make them more reliable in the field, and also making school resource officers for all school districts become a welcomed sight for children in school so the police can earn their place of respect again.
@45Y6VX95yrs5Y
No, but additional funding should be used for training in acceptance and deescalation tactics as well as providing resources for social and community based programs.
@8CBDCV55yrs5Y
I agree but i also kinda disagree, its a very difficult topic that can't be ignored.
@8CBWB595yrs5Y
It should be distributed more evenly between the committees/schools and the police.
@8C9TMPY5yrs5Y
The funding for the police should be somewhat redirected to social and community programs, as well as increasing the training for police officers
@8BYQV4P5yrs5Y
I think they should increase funding for training. However, I don't think you should completely abolish the police.
@8CBX7V55yrs5Y
Yes, but not entirely. The police should still be funded, but part of their funds should be used towards social and community-based programs.
@4N8THPV5yrs5Y
Yes, if that is what the community decides. End federal funding for local police departments.
@8CDCPGJ5yrs5Y
No, but the requirements to be a police officer should be increased to ensure there is less of a chance of abuse of power and police brutality.
@8CDDZW75yrs5Y
Yes defund the police and put more funds back into the community it will help decrease crime rate and improve the city and community.
@8CDY9SC5yrs5Y
No, but I do believe we need to watch very closely who we choose to put in our police forces.
@3H7HTG65yrs5Y
No, States should increase funding for local police departments and social and community based programs.
@8CFLXGH5yrs5Y
Police officers should be held accountable for actions that are taken without approval or are unnecessarily violent.
@8CFS2QL5yrs5Y
Yes, but to programs that have been proven to be effective and useful.
@7PTCG385yrs5Y
No, increase funding and required time for deescalation training in all metropolitan police departments.
@8CG2RQS5yrs5Y
Teach police officers that not every black person is a criminal and to arrest if necessary and only shoot when their is sign of the suspect grabbing a weapon. Also teach officers and any law enforcer that everyone is innocent until proven guilty as stated in the Constitution.
@7J3YXY35yrs5Y
No. Add funding for unarmed community-based first-responders to support community safety.
@7KCBJ6J5yrs5Y
No, instead issue reforms.
@6LGHLWS5yrs5Y
No, replace the police departments with contracted security agencies so they are subject to market forces.
@8CHVWL45yrs5Y
No, find new funding for those programs.
@3JZS28T5yrs5Y
Regardless, all government bodies funded by theft should be abolished, including both police and social/community programs.
@8CQPC6Z5yrs5Y
No, keep it as is for now
@8CQKXRG5yrs5Y
Yes, but let officers keep their weapons in case of situations that are violent.
@8CQS56J5yrs5Y
Local police departments should not be militarized and mental health professionals should be added to assist.
@78S5M875yrs5Y
Let local people to decide. End qualified immunity, no knock raids, end the war on drugs, and allow the police to once again serve the people they were intended to defend.
@6Y6DTRD5yrs5Y
Yes, redirect funding used for purchasing military grade equipment to training police and hiring more social/psychological support field officers.
@8CQXCZZ5yrs5Y
No, but funding should be redirected to better training and better testing to see if a person is fit for the job
@8CQ7GPW5yrs5Y
No, increase funding into training officers so they don't act due to emotions.
@8CV6CFX5yrs5Y
only if they have more money than needed, but other programs do need more money. they should also be trained much better
@8CVFW7D5yrs5Y
Fund the police more and open things in the community
@8CW6PCT5yrs5Y
No, kee the same funding but, also include more funds for social workers, psychologists and other workers who can help.
@8CW6PCT5yrs5Y
No, but keep the same funding but, also include more funds for social workers, psychologists and other workers who can help.
@6VVDKBV5yrs5Y
Increase funding to include social and community based programs, as well as support current police operations
@8CVVCMG5yrs5Y
Funding should be directed if that police department has unreasonable cases of brutality and unjust actions and crimes as well as corruption.
@8CRDGRN5yrs5Y
Only if it is really needed.
@3GZTJR25yrs5Y
@7B37V4H5yrs5Y
Yes, but not all of the funding
@8CYNKVY5yrs5Y
l believe that you need funding for the police.You need police otherwise the country would be a madhouse. However, there needs to be more funding in place to change the ways cops are trained in order to stop police brutality. Even adding a military background.
@5N6PP285yrs5Y
No, but increase training for the police where they wouldn't feel the need to use gun violence.
@4FPWLYP5yrs5Y
No. Police should be privatized, and demilitarized. Laws should also be repealed to prevent more possible deadly encounters.
@7HGKBBP5yrs5Y
Local police should have funding for any lethal weapons removed and redistributed to other budget items. Police should have to provide their own firearms.
@84N8BY45yrs5Y
No, but police training needs to improve to make deadly force a last resort.
@8D6RKRP5yrs5Y
funding should be directed to more training in high crime areas, and more community envolvement with the police
@8D7GZXV5yrs5Y
No, the funding should not be changed but instead redirected to teaching police how to deal with issues non violently and don't give an officer availability to a gun unless they pass certain training for non-violence and only using the gun in life or death circumstances. The sentences and action taken against officers who kill innocents without reason should become very extreme to discourage these types of actions.
@78S5M875yrs5Y
Let local people decide. Reform the police departments.
@8D96V655yrs5Y
Some funding, not all or most funding, should go towards mental healthcare, education, and criminal rehabilitation, to cut off some crime before it starts, so police can better do their jobs.
@5GHSCDS5yrs5Y
Yes, but maintain some funding for better training
@5GHSCDS5yrs5Y
Yes, but maintain enough funding for better training
@8DCGYWG5yrs5Y
Reallocate funds so the police are familiar with the citizens they serve.
@8DD2DQQ5yrs5Y
yes the police should not be defined but should be restructured to help the people
@8DD24GP5yrs5Y
Maybe, it depends on the situation.
@8DD9X2S5yrs5Y
I agree and disagree on one hand the police need funding to protect there communities but also the social and community based programs
@8DF28X55yrs5Y
We must reallocate that money towards social and community services that actually have de-escalation training and don't carry a weapon. You could also put more money into the police system in order to give proper training to police officers, but I think the first is best. ACAB
@8DFDB9Q5yrs5Y
rebuild the police from the ground up implementing new training methods to ensure unbiased treatment and action. require phycological evaluation for police officers.
@8DFDMQ55yrs5Y
neither, the police should not be defunded but they should be retrained
@n8kirkham5yrs5Y
Some funds should be reallocated towards public service professionals for non-violent calls
@8DHQNKG5yrs5Y
No, but police should be better trained and equipped to deal with non-violent calls or people who have mental issues
@8DHN6KX5yrs5Y
Some of the budget, but some should also be directed to increasing the training of officers.
@8DJ4YM85yrs5Y
I believe that we should have unarmed community based respondents for non-violent calls but keep the police for more violent and dangerous calls
@8DJ53BZ5yrs5Y
Keep the police but make the punishment for brutality stricter.
@8DJQ5JK5yrs5Y
no but the police should not respond to nonviolent protests
@8DJSV9V5yrs5Y
we need to support our officers and provide more training and more extensive personal insights on the officers that are hired
@6WQYBY35yrs5Y
Yes. By eliminating victimless crimes from the responsibilities of the police, Law Enforcement can draw down and the newly available resources can be used at community discretion.
@8DK7W3G5yrs5Y
Some of it should be redirected to social programs.
@8DKDLM75yrs5Y
yes but give some of the funding to higher crime rate communities
@8CW6JGM5yrs5Y
Yes but only in cities with an already inflated budget
@6QLP77X5yrs5Y
Yes, but keep funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities
@8DLZ3VV5yrs5Y
Yes, but with incentives to start earning more back, like 100% video cam wearing & better police and racial awareness training.
@8DMZTV25yrs5Y
No, increase funding, training and implement different departments (social services, domestic help, drug cops, speed trap officers, etc)
@8DMZYLP5yrs5Y
No, increase funding and training for police departments and break up power into different departments
@8BYQSPN5yrs5Y
i dont think its fair to defund something for the actions of a few
@8DNHNQX5yrs5Y
Yes, but only in lower crime areas where high police budgets are unneeded.
@8DNWMX75yrs5Y
@8DNZ7FN5yrs5Y
No, increase funding and training and do more mental texts
@8DPDF3W5yrs5Y
Yes, If they are not retrained their funds should go elsewhere
@8DR2ZV95yrs5Y
I think this is too generalized. I think it depends on the various department/agency, their budgets, and how they are utilizing those budgets to serve their communities.
@8DS6JWV5yrs5Y
Not all the money, but some money should be redirected to social and community-based programs.
@8DLKVWT5yrs5Y
Put more money in the police to retrain and get better people for the job of the offcier, make it harder and invest money to have the police spend time with a community
@7NCC4DH5yrs5Y
No, but increase the funding for social and community-based programs and hire a new police force that handles cases equally regardless of race, instead of being more aggressive with Blacks.
@7GK4RSK5yrs5Y
No, but if the communities need more funding take it from the Military budget.
@8DXBQJS5yrs5Y
Yes, but also put on strict policies on the police force to hold them more accountable for their actions.
@8DXJ8VJ5yrs5Y
No, they should be equally funded.
@8DZZFX35yrs5Y
Funding should be reduced and trained responders should be funded for non-violent calls.
@52P5M5S5yrs5Y
In theory this could work, however I'm more in favor of and increase in funding and better training. In some scenarios the police force may be too corrupt and may need to be completely disbanded and rebuilt.
@8F45K4Y5yrs5Y
There could be some decrease in funding but there should still be funding going towards the police.
@8BHX3T45yrs5Y
More money should be spent on social programs as well as hiring and extensively training more police officers.
@55RTR4B5yrs5Y
No, direct police departments to operate social- & community-based programs
@8F5MHGJ5yrs5Y
I don't believe the police should be completely defunded but I do think more of a mix of social programs and cops could be beneficial.
@8F5PKLS5yrs5Y
Yes, but also increase their funding and training and de arm them.
@8F6F7FS5yrs5Y
Yes, because the police will not get taken away. The U.S. will still have them but it helps people that need it like jail/ prison mates that want to turn there life around.
@2VFY3H65yrs5Y
No, funding should be added for social and community based programs, as well as police training in every community
@8F8NGS35yrs5Y
I think that people should be able to get mental health services from qualified people, rather than have to self medicate because they have mental health issues and cant get help. ITs like chasing your tale. If you don't help the people with mental health challenges they would probably be less likely to have to self medicate and cause less problems in the streets. Which would most likely would make it to where we need less cops. How many of the millions of people that are homeless son the streets could benefit from mental health help and cannot get it.
@8DN4WYN5yrs5Y
Yes, and provide a call option other than 911 to replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls, make the police obtain insurance, end qualified immunity and no knock raids, etc..
@8F9LRBN5yrs5Y
Yes, and abolish the police but then build it back up
@8FBSMQN5yrs5Y
I don't think defunding the police would do any good but directing all funds to the police wouldn't be good
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