Our Community asks that you redirect funds from Phoenix Police to programs that heal and educate our community. The City of Phoenix is statistically ranked highest in the country for cases of police killing civilians. Police forces across the country have proven that diversifying and implementing various trainings have not and will not end police brutality. The City of Phoenix deserves policing alternatives and investments in affordable housing, healthcare, employment opportunities.
I support fully funding the Police Dept. Our citizens deserve and should be given the highest quality of protection. We need to be improving our system and this requires the funding in order to achieve this.
FULLY FUND THE POLICE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD! We need accountability and an end to the violence and discrimination! I demand that the Phoenix City Council allocate $3 million to the Office of Accountability and Transparency and Civilian Review Board in the 2020 - 2021 budget.
Community Development and Enrichment needs a reallocation, taking from the Public Safety budget. Policing is not the effective solution to crime or violence. Community development is. Every ten non-profit organizations focusing on crime and community life finds a 9% reduction in murder, 6% reduction in violent crime, and 4% reduction in property crime (Community and the Crime Decline: The Causal Effect of Local Nonprofits on Violent Crime, published in American Sociological Review)
I am contacting you to reconsider the proposed $944,680,555 allocated to our public safety department for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Our community asks that you redirect funds to programs that heal and educate our community. Increase the proposed $24,760,742 and $26,837,014 budgets for community development and community enrichment.
I support the budget. We do need to make sure that officers are prosecuted when they tarnish the badge, but defunding them won’t accomplish that. We need to make sure that we can continue to work on training, hiring and getting the numbers back to an adequate amount for a city our size.
By giving 745 million dollars to the Phoenix PD, you are saying that healthcare is not important, education is not important, and housing is not important. You are setting up the most vulnerable in our community up for harm. You would be funding the murder of Black people and other people of color. You need to defund the police and start investing in the communities that they supposedly serve and protect, because if Phoenix PD truly cared about us, we wouldn't need to plead for this money.
I strongly oppose the budget as proposed. I, like many of my fellow Phoenicians, believe the budget should be re-distributed in a manner which appropriately funds the Office of Accountability and Transparency ("OAT"). We need to work together to wrong the injustices that plague our community. Phoenix is not immune to racism. Indeed, it is thriving. It is time to act. Appropriately funding the OAT is one of what will need to be many steps in the right direction. It is time for change.
I am a resident of Maricopa County, and I am asking that the Phoenix City Council allocate $3 million to the Office of Accountability and Transparency and Civilian Review Board in the 2020 - 2021 budget. Please consider the facts that Arizona is ranked as the 3rd highest in police brutality, and Phoenix's public safety would benefit from allocating funds to community services and education over policing programs that are not creating a safe community.
Please support our police! I’m a native to AZ and it’s very disheartening to see our police department for the last couple years be under constant attack! It’s also disgusting how our Phx Councilmen have been going against our police.
Too much money keeps going towards the Police. Arizona continues to be one of the worst schools in the nation as far as education so proper funding for all schools as well as taking some of that money and funding health care workers as well is very important. We saw how short on medical supplies once the pandemic hit yet the police is ready with riot gear.
Please reconsider the proposed $944 million for police funding and re-allocate it to community, health, and social service funding. This is the way to secure a safe community, not through law enforcement.
The police do not need more money, but our communities sure do. We need to address poverty, mental health, community development and police accountability. You need to move funds from the bloated police department and address these problems at the root. The police can’t fix all of society’s problem, so stop expecting them to.
The only way to get Phoenix's violent and lawless police under control is to defund their reckless and unconstitutional abuse of city residents, and reallocate as much as possible (30% at minimum) of the budget currently wasted on police to social services that actually enhance safety and quality of life for our people. Less money for militarized police, more budget for housing, health services, safe transportation, and CIVILIAN oversight of public safety and social service functions.
Defunding the PHX PD would be counter productive in the change that needs to occur right now. The police need their current funds to protect and serve and to fulfil their oath to the people. They also need funds in order to install a new system that is beneficial for all members of society. Change will happen within the police force first and they needs the funds to do so.
We ask that you redirect funds from Phoenix PD to programs that heal and educate our community. PHX is statistically ranked highest in the country for cases of police killing civilians. Police forces across the country have proven that trainings alone will not end police brutality. PHX needs policing alternatives & investments in mental health/trauma services, education/after-school care, adequate/affordable housing, healthcare, employment opportunities, & sustainability/environmental programs.
I urge you to reconsider the $944,680,555 that has been allocated to our public safety department for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Our community asks that you redirect funds to programs that heal and educate our community. Increase the proposed nominal $24,760,742 and $26,837,014 budgets for community development and community enrichment.
Our Community asks that you redirect funds from Phoenix Police to programs that heal and educate our community. The City of Phoenix is statistically ranked highest in the country for cases of police killing civilians. Police forces across the country have proven that diversifying and implementing various trainings have not and will not end police brutality. The City of Phoenix deserves policing alternatives and investments in affordable housing, healthcare, employment opportunities.
I support fully funding the Police Dept. Our citizens deserve and should be given the highest quality of protection. We need to be improving our system and this requires the funding in order to achieve this.
FULLY FUND THE POLICE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD! We need accountability and an end to the violence and discrimination! I demand that the Phoenix City Council allocate $3 million to the Office of Accountability and Transparency and Civilian Review Board in the 2020 - 2021 budget.
Community Development and Enrichment needs a reallocation, taking from the Public Safety budget. Policing is not the effective solution to crime or violence. Community development is. Every ten non-profit organizations focusing on crime and community life finds a 9% reduction in murder, 6% reduction in violent crime, and 4% reduction in property crime (Community and the Crime Decline: The Causal Effect of Local Nonprofits on Violent Crime, published in American Sociological Review)
I am contacting you to reconsider the proposed $944,680,555 allocated to our public safety department for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Our community asks that you redirect funds to programs that heal and educate our community. Increase the proposed $24,760,742 and $26,837,014 budgets for community development and community enrichment.
I support the budget. We do need to make sure that officers are prosecuted when they tarnish the badge, but defunding them won’t accomplish that. We need to make sure that we can continue to work on training, hiring and getting the numbers back to an adequate amount for a city our size.
By giving 745 million dollars to the Phoenix PD, you are saying that healthcare is not important, education is not important, and housing is not important. You are setting up the most vulnerable in our community up for harm. You would be funding the murder of Black people and other people of color. You need to defund the police and start investing in the communities that they supposedly serve and protect, because if Phoenix PD truly cared about us, we wouldn't need to plead for this money.
I strongly oppose the budget as proposed. I, like many of my fellow Phoenicians, believe the budget should be re-distributed in a manner which appropriately funds the Office of Accountability and Transparency ("OAT"). We need to work together to wrong the injustices that plague our community. Phoenix is not immune to racism. Indeed, it is thriving. It is time to act. Appropriately funding the OAT is one of what will need to be many steps in the right direction. It is time for change.
I am a resident of Maricopa County, and I am asking that the Phoenix City Council allocate $3 million to the Office of Accountability and Transparency and Civilian Review Board in the 2020 - 2021 budget. Please consider the facts that Arizona is ranked as the 3rd highest in police brutality, and Phoenix's public safety would benefit from allocating funds to community services and education over policing programs that are not creating a safe community.
Please support our police! I’m a native to AZ and it’s very disheartening to see our police department for the last couple years be under constant attack! It’s also disgusting how our Phx Councilmen have been going against our police.
Too much money keeps going towards the Police. Arizona continues to be one of the worst schools in the nation as far as education so proper funding for all schools as well as taking some of that money and funding health care workers as well is very important. We saw how short on medical supplies once the pandemic hit yet the police is ready with riot gear.
Please reconsider the proposed $944 million for police funding and re-allocate it to community, health, and social service funding. This is the way to secure a safe community, not through law enforcement.
The police do not need more money, but our communities sure do. We need to address poverty, mental health, community development and police accountability. You need to move funds from the bloated police department and address these problems at the root. The police can’t fix all of society’s problem, so stop expecting them to.
Please support our police! They need the funding!
The only way to get Phoenix's violent and lawless police under control is to defund their reckless and unconstitutional abuse of city residents, and reallocate as much as possible (30% at minimum) of the budget currently wasted on police to social services that actually enhance safety and quality of life for our people. Less money for militarized police, more budget for housing, health services, safe transportation, and CIVILIAN oversight of public safety and social service functions.
I oppose increased funding for "Public Safety." I urge you to redirect these proposed funds towards community healing and education.
Defunding the PHX PD would be counter productive in the change that needs to occur right now. The police need their current funds to protect and serve and to fulfil their oath to the people. They also need funds in order to install a new system that is beneficial for all members of society. Change will happen within the police force first and they needs the funds to do so.
We ask that you redirect funds from Phoenix PD to programs that heal and educate our community. PHX is statistically ranked highest in the country for cases of police killing civilians. Police forces across the country have proven that trainings alone will not end police brutality. PHX needs policing alternatives & investments in mental health/trauma services, education/after-school care, adequate/affordable housing, healthcare, employment opportunities, & sustainability/environmental programs.
The police doesn't need to be funded more! I oppose the bill and would propose allocating more to community resources.
I urge you to reconsider the $944,680,555 that has been allocated to our public safety department for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Our community asks that you redirect funds to programs that heal and educate our community. Increase the proposed nominal $24,760,742 and $26,837,014 budgets for community development and community enrichment.