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@ISIDEWITHQuestionsCriminal IssuesDefunding the PoliceStarted 6yrs agoActive 9hrs ago

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

“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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 @9FM5B55Greenanswered…3yrs3Y

Depends on the circumstances - crime rate, types of crime, etc. - and only with strict training and in extreme circumstances e.g active hostage situation

 @9F62DD8Labouranswered…3yrs3Y

More should go into community programs, but not at cost of reducing police.

 @9DZ2Q8RGreenanswered…3yrs3Y

Depends if police recieve too much funding. With high cost of living crime is on rise, so police need to be able to protect communities but also it is a matter of socio-economic inequality. If these programmes would help reduce crime then that would be justified to reduce police funding.

 @9DY6SMHGreenanswered…3yrs3Y

Cabined funding for both - depends on the area

 @9DY6HSNanswered…3yrs3Y

Increase mental health funding and reduce Police funding

 @9DXFC3LAotearoa Legalise Cannabisanswered…3yrs3Y

just more equal funding for each

 @9DMHNVDanswered…3yrs3Y

No the funding allocated for social and community based programmes should not be pulled from any other essential service.

 @9DMFCFTanswered…3yrs3Y

It should not be an either or. Have both. And educate the police on bias

 @9DMDVLFanswered…3yrs3Y

I think that social and community programmes need their own funding to get running before we take funding awah from police.

 @9DFGRBXGreenanswered…3yrs3Y

have community based responders in conjunction with police

 @9FXP8JCGreenanswered…3yrs3Y

Yes, the police have to respond to too wide a range of situations which means that they are unqualified.

 @9FQ6K46Greenanswered…3yrs3Y

Don’t know enough to answer this

 @9FPGJVKanswered…3yrs3Y

There should be a balance and police funding should be engaged with social and community based programmes

 @9FK8WQRGreenanswered…3yrs3Y

I think all police officers should have to live in the community they serve, as well as take a mandatory legal class, as well as conflict resolution classes

 @945PL3Ranswered…4yrs4Y

No but funding should be increased to local social resources asqell

 @9D2G9T3Opportunitiesanswered…3yrs3Y

Fund and train the police more whilst adding social community programs at the same time

 @9CS478Manswered…3yrs3Y

It should depend on the area.

 @9B8CXQDanswered…3yrs3Y

Don’t need to decrease police funding to increase community funding.

 @993K2J5answered…3yrs3Y

Neutral, the police should be reformed and iwi and community initiatives should be prioritised.

 @98GG525answered…3yrs3Y

Make each area have to publicise crime vs solved crime with an independent review panel and make the area controllers' have a time-based employment contract

 @97TK77Zanswered…3yrs3Y

Increase funding for police aswell as community programs

 @96VBD69answered…4yrs4Y

What a stupid question. Funding for both.

 @96SNLX4answered…4yrs4Y

No, but these programs should be implemented from other funding.

 @96R8VZ2answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, and reform the police to give them more education surrounding the law and non-violent de-escalation.

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