I am opposed to the currently proposed budget for the city of Phoenix. We need to invest more in our community: schools, in our elderly, mental health awareness and support, help expand our programs for the homeless. We don't need 1 billion for the police dept. What we need is to strenghten our community. The city council needs to allocate $3 million to the Office of Accountability and Transparency and Civilian Review Board to start the process and end this violence.
I am a resident of Phoenix and Arizona and I demand that Phoenix City Council allocate $3 million to the Office of Accountability and Transparency and Civilian Review Board in the 2020 - 2021 budget. Too many injustices have been swept under the rug by our police department. The treatment of the protestors and the citizens of the Garfield neighborhood this weekend was unconscionable. Pass a budget that supports police accountability. Pass a budget that creates trust which we have all but lost.
Please reconsider the proposed $944,680,555 allocated to our public safety department for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Redirect funds to programs that heal/educate our community. Increase the proposed budgets for community development & enrichment.
The Phoenix Police Department is statistically ranked highest in the country for cases of police killing civilians.
Our community in the greater PHX metro area deserves better. Fund its development, not a violent police force.
I strongly oppose this budget. With COVID cases increasing, it is absolutely embarrassing that you are choosing to spend so much money on the police. Phoenix needs stronger community support. I am asking the Phoenix City Council to reduce funding for the police and put that money into PPE for our nurses and doctors and more free and abundant testing sites. I am also asking that additional monies be allocated into a citizen review board. We are watching Phoenix. Get behind us or out of the way
I'm a valley resident and strongly oppose this budget. Phoenix city council must allocate $3M to the Office of Accountability and Transparency and Civilian Review Board. It's shameful that PHX PD is one of the deadliest in the country. Budgets are moral documents and decision-makers have a duty to care for all people especially Black and brown people and communities most marginalized. Significant resources must be redirected to these communities for community support/development.
I AM FOR the proposed budget for Phoenix police. I am NOT for defunding them. They need these funds to interact with the community and have proper training.
I strongly oppose and would like you to reconsider the proposed $944,680,555 for our public safety department for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Our community is asking that you instead increase the proposed $24,760,742 and $26,837,014 budgets for community development and community enrichment. I propose the Phoenix City Council allocate $3 million to the Office of Accountability and Transparency and Civilian Review Board.
Our community asks that you redirect funds from Phoenix police to programs that heal and educate our community.
The City of Phoenix needs and deserves policing alternatives and investments in mental health + trauma services, education + after school care, adequate + affordable housing, healthcare, employment opportunities, and sustainability + environmental programs.
I demand the $944,680,555 fund to be allocated to community development, healthcare, education, utilize this money wisely into programs that will create a safe community.
Phoenix has one of the deadliest police departments in the nation, and as a community need to strive to do better. We need to be protecting and supporting marginalized/oppressed communities, and this can't happen if Phx PD gets more funding. That money should go towards community education, environmental programs, libraries, community centers, and other areas that improve the lives of everyone in Phx, not just white folks. You must reconsider the budget and reallocate funding from Phx PD.
I agree with the countless comments below regarding the outrageous funds toward police and little to none for things that benefit the community so much.
Phoenix PD is already overfunded, we must defund the department by 25%. We must reconsider the current distribution of funds by the department so that we can better serve our community. This money needs to be moved to programs that create safer and healthier communities. In the middle of a global health pandemic, in a state with one of the worst education systems in the country- it is unacceptable to increase our funding for PhxPD.
OPPOSE - This proposed budget allocates 30 times more to law enforcement than it does to community development. This stunts growth and expansion of our community and small businesses, and puts yet more funding and power in the hands of the law enforcement. This is especially nonsensical and inappropriate during the present time, when our communities have been so badly hurt due to the pandemic and associated economic crisis. Please redirect these funds to support our community development.
Phoenix PD, ranking one of the worst in excessive force is an embarrassment to our city. Awarding them a larger budget without increased civilian oversight will only affirm intolerable behavior towards citizens. Reduce this budget item and move money to programs that matter in healing, developing, and enriching our community. PHX Districts are full of rational, tax-paying, people of color now and we will work hard to remove Council who kowtow to the Police Union on this for re-election.
I am a resident of the Phoenix metropolitan area and I am strongly opposed to the budget as proposed. State and city police have floundered countless tax dollars and abused our citizens for long enough. We need community development and enrichment far more. To put 79% more into government and public safety than into the community is an egregious use of funds. I am demanding city council defund the police spending by 25% and divert it directly to the community development and enrichment funds.
I have been a resident of Phoenix, Arizona for my whole life. It is absurd to focus so much monetary attention on PHX PD. Redirect the budget to places in our community where the benefit of money can support and empower our communities so that PHX can grow stronger together. Don't give in to FEAR, instead find TRUST and STOP fighting. Bring justice to community.
During this crisis - not only COVID-19 but of ongoing police violence and the ensuing disruption of individuals' livelihoods, please reallocate budget resources from law enforcement toward community development, community enrichment, and public health. Maintaining a law enforcement budget that is 20 times larger than these preventative measures will never accomplish structural and preventative change in communities.
I am opposed to the currently proposed budget for the city of Phoenix. We need to invest more in our community: schools, in our elderly, mental health awareness and support, help expand our programs for the homeless. We don't need 1 billion for the police dept. What we need is to strenghten our community. The city council needs to allocate $3 million to the Office of Accountability and Transparency and Civilian Review Board to start the process and end this violence.
I am a resident of Phoenix and Arizona and I demand that Phoenix City Council allocate $3 million to the Office of Accountability and Transparency and Civilian Review Board in the 2020 - 2021 budget. Too many injustices have been swept under the rug by our police department. The treatment of the protestors and the citizens of the Garfield neighborhood this weekend was unconscionable. Pass a budget that supports police accountability. Pass a budget that creates trust which we have all but lost.
Please reconsider the proposed $944,680,555 allocated to our public safety department for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Redirect funds to programs that heal/educate our community. Increase the proposed budgets for community development & enrichment.
The Phoenix Police Department is statistically ranked highest in the country for cases of police killing civilians.
Our community in the greater PHX metro area deserves better. Fund its development, not a violent police force.
I strongly oppose this budget. With COVID cases increasing, it is absolutely embarrassing that you are choosing to spend so much money on the police. Phoenix needs stronger community support. I am asking the Phoenix City Council to reduce funding for the police and put that money into PPE for our nurses and doctors and more free and abundant testing sites. I am also asking that additional monies be allocated into a citizen review board. We are watching Phoenix. Get behind us or out of the way
I'm a valley resident and strongly oppose this budget. Phoenix city council must allocate $3M to the Office of Accountability and Transparency and Civilian Review Board. It's shameful that PHX PD is one of the deadliest in the country. Budgets are moral documents and decision-makers have a duty to care for all people especially Black and brown people and communities most marginalized. Significant resources must be redirected to these communities for community support/development.
I AM FOR the proposed budget for Phoenix police. I am NOT for defunding them. They need these funds to interact with the community and have proper training.
I strongly oppose and would like you to reconsider the proposed $944,680,555 for our public safety department for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Our community is asking that you instead increase the proposed $24,760,742 and $26,837,014 budgets for community development and community enrichment. I propose the Phoenix City Council allocate $3 million to the Office of Accountability and Transparency and Civilian Review Board.
Our community asks that you redirect funds from Phoenix police to programs that heal and educate our community.
The City of Phoenix needs and deserves policing alternatives and investments in mental health + trauma services, education + after school care, adequate + affordable housing, healthcare, employment opportunities, and sustainability + environmental programs.
I demand the $944,680,555 fund to be allocated to community development, healthcare, education, utilize this money wisely into programs that will create a safe community.
Phoenix has one of the deadliest police departments in the nation, and as a community need to strive to do better. We need to be protecting and supporting marginalized/oppressed communities, and this can't happen if Phx PD gets more funding. That money should go towards community education, environmental programs, libraries, community centers, and other areas that improve the lives of everyone in Phx, not just white folks. You must reconsider the budget and reallocate funding from Phx PD.
I agree with the countless comments below regarding the outrageous funds toward police and little to none for things that benefit the community so much.
Phoenix PD is already overfunded, we must defund the department by 25%. We must reconsider the current distribution of funds by the department so that we can better serve our community. This money needs to be moved to programs that create safer and healthier communities. In the middle of a global health pandemic, in a state with one of the worst education systems in the country- it is unacceptable to increase our funding for PhxPD.
I have been a Phoenix Native for 40 years and Phoenix Police is the backbone of the city. I fully support this measure and the Phoenix Police.
OPPOSE - This proposed budget allocates 30 times more to law enforcement than it does to community development. This stunts growth and expansion of our community and small businesses, and puts yet more funding and power in the hands of the law enforcement. This is especially nonsensical and inappropriate during the present time, when our communities have been so badly hurt due to the pandemic and associated economic crisis. Please redirect these funds to support our community development.
Phoenix PD, ranking one of the worst in excessive force is an embarrassment to our city. Awarding them a larger budget without increased civilian oversight will only affirm intolerable behavior towards citizens. Reduce this budget item and move money to programs that matter in healing, developing, and enriching our community. PHX Districts are full of rational, tax-paying, people of color now and we will work hard to remove Council who kowtow to the Police Union on this for re-election.
I am a resident of the Phoenix metropolitan area and I am strongly opposed to the budget as proposed. State and city police have floundered countless tax dollars and abused our citizens for long enough. We need community development and enrichment far more. To put 79% more into government and public safety than into the community is an egregious use of funds. I am demanding city council defund the police spending by 25% and divert it directly to the community development and enrichment funds.
We cannot defund Phoenix Police, we need them.
I have been a resident of Phoenix, Arizona for my whole life. It is absurd to focus so much monetary attention on PHX PD. Redirect the budget to places in our community where the benefit of money can support and empower our communities so that PHX can grow stronger together. Don't give in to FEAR, instead find TRUST and STOP fighting. Bring justice to community.
During this crisis - not only COVID-19 but of ongoing police violence and the ensuing disruption of individuals' livelihoods, please reallocate budget resources from law enforcement toward community development, community enrichment, and public health. Maintaining a law enforcement budget that is 20 times larger than these preventative measures will never accomplish structural and preventative change in communities.
Police brutality needs to end, not be funded. What we need is hope, positivity, unity, and peace. Please fully fund the Civilian Review Board.