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

No, but set aside some for those types of programs.

No, increase deescalation training for the police.

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.

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.

I agree but i also kinda disagree, its a very difficult topic that can't be ignored.

The funding for the police should be somewhat redirected to social and community programs, as well as increasing the training for police officers

Police officers should be held accountable for actions that are taken without approval or are unnecessarily violent.

I think they should increase funding for training. However, I don't think you should completely abolish the police.

Yes, but not entirely. The police should still be funded, but part of their funds should be used towards social and community-based programs.

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

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.

Yes defund the police and put more funds back into the community it will help decrease crime rate and improve the city and community.

No, but I do believe we need to watch very closely who we choose to put in our police forces.

No, increase funding into training officers so they don't act due to emotions.

Keep the police but make the punishment for brutality stricter.

Yes, but to programs that have been proven to be effective and useful.

No, there is support for defunding federal police, but there would be no federal dictation on what communities do.

No, increase funding and required time for deescalation training in all metropolitan police departments.

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.

No. Add funding for unarmed community-based first-responders to support community safety.

No, instead issue reforms.

No, replace the police departments with contracted security agencies so they are subject to market forces.

No, find new funding for those programs.

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

No, keep it as is for now

Yes, but let officers keep their weapons in case of situations that are violent.

Local police departments should not be militarized and mental health professionals should be added to assist.

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.

Yes, redirect funding used for purchasing military grade equipment to training police and hiring more social/psychological support field officers.

I believe that we should have unarmed community based respondents for non-violent calls but keep the police for more violent and dangerous calls

No, but funding should be redirected to better training and better testing to see if a person is fit for the job

only if they have more money than needed, but other programs do need more money. they should also be trained much better

Fund the police more and open things in the community

No, kee the same funding but, also include more funds for social workers, psychologists and other workers who can help.

No, but keep the same funding but, also include more funds for social workers, psychologists and other workers who can help.

Increase funding to include social and community based programs, as well as support current police operations

Funding should be directed if that police department has unreasonable cases of brutality and unjust actions and crimes as well as corruption.

Only if it is really needed.

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Yes, but not all of the funding

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.

No, but increase training for the police where they wouldn't feel the need to use gun violence.

No. Police should be privatized, and demilitarized. Laws should also be repealed to prevent more possible deadly encounters.

Local police should have funding for any lethal weapons removed and redistributed to other budget items. Police should have to provide their own firearms.

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

funding should be directed to more training in high crime areas, and more community envolvement with the police

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.

Let local people decide. Reform the police departments.

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.

Yes, but maintain some funding for better training

Yes, but maintain enough funding for better training

Reallocate funds so the police are familiar with the citizens they serve.

yes the police should not be defined but should be restructured to help the people

Maybe, it depends on the situation.

I agree and disagree on one hand the police need funding to protect there communities but also the social and community based programs

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

rebuild the police from the ground up implementing new training methods to ensure unbiased treatment and action. require phycological evaluation for police officers.

neither, the police should not be defunded but they should be retrained

Some funds should be reallocated towards public service professionals for non-violent calls

No, but police should be better trained and equipped to deal with non-violent calls or people who have mental issues

Some of the budget, but some should also be directed to increasing the training of officers.

No, States should increase funding for local police departments and social and community based programs.

It should be distributed more evenly between the committees/schools and the police.

no but the police should not respond to nonviolent protests

we need to support our officers and provide more training and more extensive personal insights on the officers that are hired

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.

Some of it should be redirected to social programs.

yes but give some of the funding to higher crime rate communities

Yes but only in cities with an already inflated budget

Yes, but keep funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities

Yes, but with incentives to start earning more back, like 100% video cam wearing & better police and racial awareness training.

No, increase funding, training and implement different departments (social services, domestic help, drug cops, speed trap officers, etc)

No, increase funding and training for police departments and break up power into different departments

i dont think its fair to defund something for the actions of a few

Yes, but only in lower crime areas where high police budgets are unneeded.

I don't have a clue

No, increase funding and training and do more mental texts

Yes, If they are not retrained their funds should go elsewhere

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.

Not all the money, but some money should be redirected to social and community-based programs.

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

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.

No, but if the communities need more funding take it from the Military budget.

Yes, but also put on strict policies on the police force to hold them more accountable for their actions.

No, they should be equally funded.

Funding should be reduced and trained responders should be funded for non-violent calls.

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.

There could be some decrease in funding but there should still be funding going towards the police.

More money should be spent on social programs as well as hiring and extensively training more police officers.

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

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.

Yes, but also increase their funding and training and de arm them.

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.

No, funding should be added for social and community based programs, as well as police training in every community

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.

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..

Yes, and abolish the police but then build it back up

I don't think defunding the police would do any good but directing all funds to the police wouldn't be good

No, require increased deescalation training for the police.