Defunding the police. Makes any sense to you?

@SW-User Every time they reduce police budgets it comes from training. The very thing they need more of.

@jackson55 Exactly.

@SW-User The only way that makes sense is if everyone is individually monitored and single individuals are personally paid a check for basically not being a thug. And as time goes by a "good cop" in the US is becoming more and more of a myth and legend that people claim exists but is almost never seen. And so far the few times we have seen cases of good cops they are being fired by their departments for doing the right thing. You don't keep funding and inherently corrupt system because 5 people might have a heart of gold somewhere. If they are good people their jobs will be there when you are done rebuilding from scratch.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow To each their own 🤷‍♀️

@jackson55 If that is true that is an even better argument for defunding because if true they can't even be trusted to do up a budget.

@SW-User You think cutting funds from training and such is an accident? It is a threat to the people. "give me a blank check or I will throw a tantrum."

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Blame the local politicians for police dept cuts.

@jackson55 Lol. So magically departments don't do their own budgets now? That is convenient.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I’m not going to argue with you. The Mayor and city council determine how much funding the police department gets. The department determines where the money goes. When funding is cut it generally comes out of training.

@jackson55 Again. That is irrelevant to this discussion. The police departments decide where that money goes and that is the point.

And those cuts to funding are decided by the police department. All you are doing is making an argument for why the brass at these departments should be the first to be fired.