“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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There should be middle ground, don't decrease police investment, fund community based programs without taking from police departments
@BD3B2J31wk1W
Have a mix of both, as required
@BCWG8WF 2wks2W
No, and that funding should be used to train them in mental health, as there are too many cases of Gardai quite literally laughing at families affected by suicides and drug overdoses
@B9SVTZP3mos3MO
No, but find other government cuts that can help support more investment into community-first public safety solutions.
@B9S63LF3mos3MO
Increase funding for social and community stuff, while keeping gardai in loop. Also Garda shouldn’t be handling mental health cases.
@B9R6G2V3mos3MO
Yes. The better police are trained and screened before entering the field, the better they can be as protectors.
@B9F9JZT4mos4MO
Both can and should be funded, the guards can and should co-operate with these programmes and recruitment drives should be ran for the Guards to increase manpower
@B94Q7JW4mos4MO
Funding should be increased for social programs and police should be focused on violent crimes vice civil offenses
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