Policing should be replaced by alternative systems such as public safety, drug treatment, and violence interruption forces.

“There are other mechanisms and and systems that we can install that would like public safety forces, like drug treatment forces, like uh violence interruption forces that would do the jobs that police are currently doing, but better prepare those forces to create safe environments and safe neighborh”

The movement to defund the police aims to redirect excessive police budgets toward community services like mental health support.

“the goal of defunding the police is actually to redirect these over-inflated police budgets into community policing and you know i think mental health is something that is you police respond a lot of mental health calls”

Police departments should shift their focus from punitive practices and instead invest funds into communities to address underlying public safety needs.

“In addition to the work that CPE is known for with the data, we have been encouraging departments and cities to take the money that should be going to invest in communities, and take it from police budgets, bring it to the communities.”

The ACLU advocates for defunding police departments to reduce their power and redirect resources toward community investments.

“For me, where I've come, is that we need to defund the budgets of these police departments. It's the only way we're going to take the power back.”

Defunding the police is an ineffective approach that would negatively impact public safety and worsen police training.

“maybe it is maybe we do maybe we defund them and we pull them out of all of the neighborhoods that don't want them and they'll just sort it out i think that would go poorly i think that would go extremely [ __ ] poorly”

The movement to defund the police has contributed to rising crime rates and empowered criminals in cities across America.

“This is what happens when you on the cops I mean crime is up Nationwide it's crazy I mean I see these I see these videos in where is it San Francisco where people are just looting”