Should funding for local police departments be redirected to social and community based programs?
Yes, replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls
Also, a criminal would not be threatened by someone without and weapon, and should the criminal have a weapon the situation gets extremely ugly for the person who is attempting to stop the crime. The purpose of having weapons most of the time is to deter someone from doing something stupid, and not having said weapons will increase the likelihood of something bad happening.
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