“Defund the police” is a slogan that supports divesting funds from police departments and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety and community support, such as social services, youth services, housing, education, healthcare and other community resources.
Response rates from 1.4k India voters.
27% Yes |
73% No |
25% Yes |
58% No |
2% Yes, replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls |
14% No, increase funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities |
0% Yes, and abolish the police |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 1.4k India voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 1.4k India voters.
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Unique answers from India voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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There is a vast untapped pool of tax revenue in the industries being plundered by the Naxalites. By eliminating the threat in the east, enough revenue could be acquired to increase funding to both
@93RZ4JG2yrs2Y
Social and Community based programs should be used for the betterment of society. However, if most people refuse to change, then the police should step into action. both should be funded equally.
@93FTBL62yrs2Y
A percentage of the police fund could go towards other social programs It will be counterproductive to completely defund the police but they shouldn't have enormously hig high budget
@8Z3J2C33yrs3Y
Tough and tender; empower the police to fight crime with violent means when need be, and also empower social organisations with nonviolent means whenever that is possible
@8XR7G7R3yrs3Y
the equal distribution can be done
@8VXS43L3yrs3Y
No. Rather increase funding for police massively, emphasise on more advanced training and community outreach measures.
@8TFM6WN3yrs3Y
As less spending ans no of people in police as possible
@8T6RZVX3yrs3Y
No, but police should be trained to use non-violent methods of confrontation first. Further, the police are currently overworked and underpaid. The number of working hours should be decreased and more officers should be hired to cover different durations of time. For non-violent calls, community based responders should also be available.
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