“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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Response rates from 31k Ireland voters.
37% Yes |
63% No |
35% Yes |
51% No |
2% Yes, replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls |
12% No, increase funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities |
0% Yes, and abolish the police |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 31k Ireland voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 31k Ireland voters.
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Unique answers from Ireland voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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There should be middle ground, don't decrease police investment, fund community based programs without taking from police departments
@9ZWHJX91mo1MO
some community based programs may be beneficial, but police departments should also be funded correctly
@9ZWH4KB1mo1MO
Invest in social and community based programmes alongside investment as a police force, while training them to be less aggressive and having community based responders for non-violent calls.
@9ZWFB361mo1MO
Our police is pretty useless and non-present anyways so definitely they shouldn't be getting as much investment as they are receiving
@9ZW2W991mo1MO
Redirect police money , guards drinking Audi jeeps etc all given multiple brand new uniforms and have allowances and schemes for everything under the sun! What do nurses have ? Nothing.
@9ZVKSWK1mo1MO
I think there should be more training for first responders but also increase funding for community prevention
@9ZVCM3M1mo1MO
I think the police are a very important aspect of society and implement law and order. However, they are over burdened and under resourced. They need a lot more assistance from community based responders and more resourced community based programs.
@9ZTSQRT 1mo1MO
We should redirect extra funding towards social and community based programs, and leave only the necessary funding for local police departments
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