“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 178k Canada voters.
44% Yes |
56% No |
39% Yes |
47% No |
4% Yes, replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls |
9% 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 178k Canada voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 178k Canada voters.
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Unique answers from Canada voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@8NZGK764yrs4Y
Funding needs to be based on the area. Funding also needs to be assigned to social and community programs to help reduce crime and in turn can lead reduced spending foe the police
@8JDBBPB4yrs4Y
No. Maintain funding. Require stricter standards of hiring and intimidate community oversight. Also have the police force reflect community demographics.
@8CBVDPG4yrs4Y
No, but have have police go through a most strict training and mental evaluation to determine their stability and ability to do their job without using bias
@8D4979G4yrs4Y
yes, but to a certain point, like the funding should be decreased not all of it be redirected.
@8JYHPGF4yrs4Y
No, police officers need this money to be trained on how to properly deal with mental health situations, and deal with crime in their area.
@8PTVYLW4yrs4Y
No, police should instead be trained to respond in non-violent situations in order to mitigate police issues
@8PBTPZ64yrs4Y
the funding should be split between the social and community based programs and the local police departments
@8NS88GD4yrs4Y
No, give police departments should be given more training but some increased funding should still be given to community based programs.
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