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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Defund the police doesn't mean literally get rid of police and having no more police (a few mean that but most don't).  It means that police are now responsible for areas that they didn't used to be, including mental health crises, homelessness, drug issues, school behavior issues, etc. that should be handled by other social services.

[b]Defund the police means to shift some of the police budgets from the police[/b] to other social services, including community centers, youth leagues, social workers, home nurses and therapists, etc.  Municipal funds can and should be reexamined and redistributed to invest in cities, not just tanks for police departments.  What would you want to see to make your area a better place?    [/quote]
What can go wrong ?  :lol: [/quote]

You think reallocating funds will result in more police killing people in chokeholds? Really?[/quote]
No I think reallocating funds will result in thugs [b]killing, raping and robbing[/b] more law abiding citizens.[/quote]

The police don't stop criminals from doing much of this, though. They do a lot of apprehending criminals after the fact but couldn't that be handled by the marshal service or something like that?[/quote]

Why would it matter whether its a marshal service or police officer? The only difference is the name. Its form over substance. [/quote]

No, the idea would be that is their only job rather than the myriad of jobs that the police are tasked with today, many of which they are unsuited to fulfill or whose special skills are wasted on more administrative tasks.[/quote]

Sounds nice in theory I would wager a bet that this will create enormous inefficiencies, information siloing and other ill effects.  [/quote]

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