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Has the defund the police movement had an impact in Canada? It depends on how you define success.
The greedy tendencies of police departments help illustrate why public police funding is a major problem today in Canada and the United States.
The large budgets allotted for urban policing must be reconsidered so that communities can explore safer alternatives.
The continued reliance on outdated indicators of police performance reinforce conventional ideas of police sustainability rather than align with the concerns of “defund the police” advocates.
Minneapolis residents voted 56% to 44% against an amendment that would have transformed the city’s police. The reasons they did so are complicated, an expert writes.
Despite growing public criticism over how much counties, cities and towns spend on policing, many are increasing officer pay.
In the wake of the conviction of the police officer who killed George Floyd, recent court decisions against what’s known as “qualified immunity” are promising.
We need to clarify the role of the police, to promote a more justice-oriented style of police leadership and to put in place long-term mechanisms of accountability to support and sustain change.
In the wake of four Aboriginal deaths in custody in three weeks, the government needs to reassess the police and corrections systems in Australia.
On Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, it’s time to challenge the revictimization of victims of domestic violence by aggressive police action.
Other agencies or officials can do much of what police do now. So let’s disband police forces and replace them with local community organizations.
In the absence of serious efforts by mental health centres, shelters and youth group homes to prevent people from running away from their facilities in the first place, police involvement is necessary.
Across the United States, police are shielded from both public and departmental accountability by multiple layers of contractual and legislative protections.
Another world is possible when we defund and reimagine policing as we know it. A review of police budgets could mean more money towards community initiatives.
Iraq, Guatemala and the autonomous region of Bougainville have all tried to demilitarise their police forces – with varying degrees of success.
Research on excessive use of force by police and the sociological context and psychological characteristics of killer cops point to useful policy measures.
The call to defund the police forces us to reconsider our priorities: more police and prisons or investments in social housing, mental health services, domestic violence and family support programs?
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg
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