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Should funding for local police departments be redirected to social and community based programs?

“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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33% Yes	0% No
67% Yes, replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls	0% No, increase funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities
0% Yes, and abolish the police

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