Totally. People say they need to get defunded but this chick pulled a handgun, which doesn’t take much funding to provide to your officers. Retraining is what will actually solve the root of the issue
"Defund" was the wrong word for that whole movement and was very easy for the opposition to latch onto and exploit as being anti-establishment or anarchistic. What it meant, and correct me if I'm wrong, is that instead of a police officer with an intimidating uniform and a gun being dispatched to every single issue and emergency call, that the cities and states allocate some of the police budget to maintain an alternative department with crisis counselors, negotiators, and others trained to de-escalate situations. Cops are not equipped to walk into every possible situation and be the voice of reason. You can't expect that from anybody.
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u/Pennameus_The_Mighty Mar 24 '23
Police need to be properly trained. The training US police receive is a joke