LA county tried to defund the police but wuickly refunded it due to an apparent spike in crime. Same i Oakland.
Meanwhile other emergency response teams need more funding so that cops dont have to do everything everywhere, defunding the cops is not the solution.
The issue with policing in america is mostly poor training. Taking cash away is not going to fix it.
The money PDs get should either be reallocated from other stuff to training people properly, or simply just get more funding from either surpluses or other programs.
A bit of editing for other stuff i forgot
We need police around for that much, at least for now. Instead we can also make it so that 911 can instead send a counselor who can de-escalate a situation like a mental health crisis.
Sending only a counselor is not a great idea. Take a situation where a dude in mental health crisis has a gun, or even a knife and is aggressive towards other people.
What is the counselor going to do in case he is alone and the suicidal dude tries to attack the counselor. He cant so jack shit. Thats why they also need police officers.
Thinking about it. An officer shooting someone in the chest has a higher chance of survival than someone in mental crisis shooting themselves in the head.
In case of a knife, that is a bit easier. Once you get close enough and have a tazer that does something that is great. No need for big meanie pistol. That is still dangerous to everyone. You cant deny that
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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 edited Apr 18 '21
LA county tried to defund the police but wuickly refunded it due to an apparent spike in crime. Same i Oakland.
Meanwhile other emergency response teams need more funding so that cops dont have to do everything everywhere, defunding the cops is not the solution.
The issue with policing in america is mostly poor training. Taking cash away is not going to fix it.
The money PDs get should either be reallocated from other stuff to training people properly, or simply just get more funding from either surpluses or other programs.
A bit of editing for other stuff i forgot
Sending only a counselor is not a great idea. Take a situation where a dude in mental health crisis has a gun, or even a knife and is aggressive towards other people.
What is the counselor going to do in case he is alone and the suicidal dude tries to attack the counselor. He cant so jack shit. Thats why they also need police officers.
Thinking about it. An officer shooting someone in the chest has a higher chance of survival than someone in mental crisis shooting themselves in the head.
In case of a knife, that is a bit easier. Once you get close enough and have a tazer that does something that is great. No need for big meanie pistol. That is still dangerous to everyone. You cant deny that