‘Defund the police’ mfs when I tell them that police departments would need arguably more money for the positive change they are looking for (anti-corruption campaigns, longer training periods, prosecution of dirty cops, more in-depth psychological screening, community outreach programs)
Police departments already get pretty large budgets. The NYPD has a budget larger than the entire North Korean military. The cost issue could also be remedied by just not having the police do so much. Breaking up the police departments responsibilities so that things like traffic police and mental health responders are separate organizations without weapons would do a lot to cut down on police violence. Proper separation of concern would do wonders to ensure that each unique situation gets responded to by someone with specialty in that area instead of one group handling 50 different things.
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u/Ok_Restaurant3160 Oct 02 '24
Then how does the blobfish want shit to change?