Defunding Police

It always kind of boggles my mind, how people can actually look at stats of how many police encounters there are, and how many of them actually get violent to the point of shooting, and still come up with this idea that defunding the police is a good idea. And as Txheat24 said, have a look at those cities now. Record crime.

It's a very cute utopian idea that we can just designate people to go to specific cases. That's impossible. A mental health case can easily escalate to one where cops would need to be. And if they aren't there to begin with, then what?

Cops aren't trained to be mental health professionals or counselors, they're regular men and women (HUMAN), they can judge a situation and act accordingly. If they think someone else should be called for the job, then by all means.

Just sad that people fail to see that good that cops actually have been doing. Like any situation thought, people will only find the negatives.