There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what it means

Re:There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what ... by humanrebar on Monday June 08, 2020 @05:31AM (#23455044)

I am doubtful that one or two social workers removing a child from a risk-filled home will be a generally safe procedure. At a minimum, they will need to protect themselves, and at some point we're talking about an armed, possibly violent (the abuser might see it as legal kidnapping) officer of the law.

A 10% rate of violence is huge, especially when irrationality and domestic abuse is involved. If armed police are reduced dramatically in number, will they be able to respond in ten minutes?

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Re:There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what ... by seunosewa on Thursday June 11, 2020 @07:42AM (#23487760)

What if you have armed officers there but we let the social workers make the decisions?

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