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(06-18-2020, 03:43 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I know a lot of officers who talk about one of the biggest issues they face is that they are tasked with far more than they are trained for or should be tasked with. This is actually why I have a big issue with the whole "defund the police" movement. Had they labelled it differently or approached it a little differently, there are a ton of officers that would have been on board. But, because they chose that headline to go with, that is what people see and react to, instead of the real message.

(06-18-2020, 04:18 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This.

Calling an increase in social services "defunding the police" was almost a kiss of death.

All of this, and as I said, while "defund" is being used colloquially to just mean reduce funding, we typically reserve the term to mean remove all funding, so it sends a terrible and confusing message.

The fact that people have to defend it by starting with "it doesn't remove all funding" shows the issue.