In less than 24 hours my office has received over 1,000 emails demanding that San Francisco defund the police department
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That’s not what defunding the police means. It means shifting funding from what is currently the police to social worker and other programs that don’t roll up to every problem thinking that force and guns are the most likely solution.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/05/defunding-the-police-us-what-does-it-mean …
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That’s not what the word “defund” means. To defund is to stop paying for something, entirely.
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Even if we were to fully defund the police (which may be the best avenue), we would replace it with alternative programs that do a better job, one of which would be a much smaller and properly trained group authorized to use force in those rare cases that need it.
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Oh yes, getting rid of police will totally stop crime from happening. It's magic!
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Replying to @LaurenLockliear @mojombo and
Ask a cop. They will gladly tell you how much extra BS they deal with that they aren't trained to handle. Lets not forget there's a mental health epidemic in this country. What if 5% of police budget went to community based urgent care for mental/behavioral issues?
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How about continuity of care programs? Mentally ill prisoners are medicated while incarcerated. Once released they get a week or so worth of meds. This fuels recidivism and wastes police hours. Divert some police budget to deal with this.
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