As protesters call for police reform or to abolish the policing system entirely, we speak to a few experts about what that might mean.
, which lists eight steps to disbanding and abolishing police forces across the country. The first is to defund the police, followed by demilitarizing communities and removing police from schools. The eventual goal of the campaign is to envision a radical new form of public safety where police no longer exist.
“Defunding the police will look like eliminating their budgets until the police as an institution is abolished,” Shotwell says. “We want to be very clear: defunding the police is an abolitionist demand, but it is not our only demand. We demand investment in safe housing, healthcare, access to food, public transportation and sustainable employment. We don’t just want to see the police department’s budget slashed to zero.
Many argue that defunding the police is a crucial first step in changing the way that public safety operates in America. The NYPD, for example,, but spends $2 billion on homeless services, $1.7 billion on sanitation and less than $1.3 billion on environmental protection annually.
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