High crime rate communities acknowledge the risk of being imprisoned even now and most likely may not respond to the risk of high imprison rates the way we think they will. Additionally, the police, as they already do now, may use the resources they have to implement violence- it will be a situation of fighting fire with fire.

There is no actual link between increased police funding and a decrease in crime. Also the vast majority of crime is related to economic and/or mental health issues so the police have little if anything to do with decreasing crime. If the crime rate is your concern the best thing you can do is increase funding to things that help foster economic equity and opportunity, increase access to abortion (Stanford Law School study), and increase funding/ease of access to mental healthcare.

its been shown that higher incarceration rates in a community leads to higher crime rates, as incarceration closes the door on job opportunity and chances of higher education.

well.. yes. why is this a debate challenge..?? if it’s a place where they commit crimes for no reason then yes send them to jail, but if they’re just stealing and stuff lower the prices

the current police department mostly swat are military coseplayers. They have military vehicals not rated for street use, and often dont even do their job. the police do not need ar-15's they dont need a shotgun.

If you defund the police, you'll also decrease the funding for their training, their gear, their vehicles, etc. It can also decrease their ability to properly respond to calls, such as a home invasion, burglary, shooting, etc. But if you increase the funding for the police, it will increase funding for their training, their gear, vehicles, etc. It could also help them properly know how they respond to situations, such as a home invasion, burglary, etc. So, if you defund the police, it can decrease their ability to professionally handle situations, yet if you increase their funding, it can help them professionally handle various situations.

Yes I stand with this comment about increasing funding to police in high crime rate areas not just that but more inspections on the area where there is crime as well as prevalent traffic stops and drug sniffing dogs etc.

I think funding for police should be higher because they are the ones protecting our communities and yeah there are bad cops but a small percentage of cops doesn't represent all cops in the country

I agree with this comment because If there is more probability to get arrested for it people will less likely do it

I agree with the fact of decreasing crime rate by going to the location but the increase funding needs to be more carefully looked into before I can fully agree because the last thing is needed is that it has a trade off that’ll be worse

the police don't actually help high crime rate communities and don't decrease crime rate. As the police have been violent towards innocent people and have attacked groups