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Unfortunately police reform doesn't necessarily imply taking police funds and diverting them to nonviolent responders instead. It's hard to make that into a catchy phrase that can't be misinterpreted. I could see cities implementing some rubber-stamp oversight board filled with ex-cops and saying, "see, we reformed the police! They have oversight now."

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markr@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
just about every police reform has failed to provide any independent oversight, failed to address the core problems, and generally just poured more money into the already bloated and militarized police force.

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dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I like “unburden the police”. Take away things that aren’t actual policing. Cops don’t need to be out there doing animal control for example.

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- PickTheStick@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  For better or worse, that aspect is never going away. Places with less funds, like rural counties and cities, rely on their police to do everything that gets called in to 911 and isn’t fire/ems/construction (which, thankfully, they have dedicated teams/people for).
  
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  - dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I see that, but it doesn’t mean that bigger cities couldn’t have different departments handle it
    
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