This isn’t like taking a child’s allowance away. Less budget means less police, and less training for those police. Hitting budgets is an easy rebuttal but a poor one.
Incompetent police forces that constantly lose multibillion dollar lawsuits over use of force and torture, that already have the budget of of a medium sized country don’t pay for themselves.
Big question is does police currently have enough funding for those main tasks? If not defunding them by taking money from them only makes situation even worse.
Or do you actually need more funding to spend on the other stuff? Which could in best case over some years decrease overall costs for society.
Their budgets are still bigger than ever. De-policing hasn't been achieved because most of the goal was to better utilize those resources. Police refusing to do the basics of their job and increasing their budget isn't a point in favor of their positions.
This is the best argument for defunding the police - their budgets have largely stayed flat or even gone up, and they aren't doing their jobs. Why are we paying for it?
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