Defunding police and redirecting money to social services

Almost no one supports that. For actual violent criminals pretty much everyone supports using the police. It is for other things (like drug use) that shouldn’t be the police’s responsibility and instead should be done by doctors.

Agreed and they shouldn’t be reallocating police funds for it.

The money used for the war on drugs should be used for treatment instead.

It would be better used to help people not become drug addicts in the first place.

Mental health needs to be addressed long before law enforcement is needed. An ounce of prevention...

Agreed. So maybe we need to address it BEFORE defunding police.

Yep. If it works, there won't be as much need for policing.

But until then, we still need more policing, not less.

Agreed.

Agreed.