“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.
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Response rates from 5.5k Western Australia voters.
34% Yes |
66% No |
30% Yes |
56% No |
3% Yes, replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls |
11% 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 5.5k Western Australia voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 5.5k Western Australia voters.
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Unique answers from Western Australia voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@8KQXRSD4yrs4Y
Yes, but police should still have sufficient funding and resources to do their regular job and tasks.
@8JFDW5V4yrs4Y
Achieving a fair balance between police funding and social and community based programs is key.
@8NK48QG4yrs4Y
Police should be demilatarised. This does not entail a funding reduction, but more money should go to social and community programs
@8G64H7Z4yrs4Y
No, and fund those programs as well
@8NSNY8S4yrs4Y
No, but cut some funding.
@8GMT2Z94yrs4Y
No, there should be police reform to ensure incidence of police brutality is reduced
@9DDBFK51yr1Y
Depends on how this would be done
@99QP8H92yrs2Y
The whole system needs to be remade so needs more funding in right way.
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