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It's actually about having social workers in peoples lives, so those calls do not get made.

Thank You Comrade for admitting the goal is to have state monitoring of everyones' development to ensure they are good citizens.

As a licensed Direct Support Provider, I do not do the will of the state. I think that you're thinking of public schools.

I was not commenting as to your personal profession as I was unaware of it. I was commenting on the idea that we will have personal HR or political Commissars Dispatched on police calls and you support that.

I understand, I was just making a point about social workers.

Secondly, I think you misunderstand the idea of converting funds from police to other community workers. The idea is that social workers are readily available, and helping struggling people, before they commit crimes. Therefore police are not readily needed. They will still be needed, as crime is not disappearing.

Dispatching a councilor on a 911 call is nonsense.

Defunding police is also about demilitarizing the police. Something that has it's roots in combating militias. Pay officers more, arm them less.

We can agree on that pay them, train them, not only in self defense and takedown but on the law, constitution and de-escalation. This would require more money not less though.

Pay them more. Buy less tanks. Train properly. Pay less in lawsuits. More money for the community.

Agreed, let’s implement