nytimes.com/2020/05/30/opinion/george-floyd-police-funding.html
Reallocate the funding of a police force that brutalizes/terrorizes innocent people into community-based services like mental health/trauma services, education, housing, healthcare, and employment opportunities. Phoenix PD has consistently failed to "serve and protect", take accountability, & ensure transparency. We need to defund, re-imagine, and implement sustainable ways to protect people, not perpetuate a cycle of killing them.
As a tax payer I ask the city council to reconsider the proposed $944,680,555 allocated to Phoenix PD for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Increase the proposed budgets for community development and community enrichment. The city of Phoenix needs and deserves investments in mental health and trauma services, education, adequate housing, healthcare and employment opportunities. Defund the Phoenix PD and allocate funds to policies & programs that will create and sustain a safe community.
I urgently beg for this council to support our communities. COVID-19 has torn through Maricopa County. Many businesses and families alike are struggling. I urge for you to invest in our city rather than the police. Phoenix PD was rated one of the most violent in the country. I believe if they cannot be peaceful and nonviolent we must reallocate their funding to help our communities. Schools and healthcare should be our first priority.
I live near 19th avenue and Northern avenue and want to thank our police for helping the homeless and arresting the troublemakers in my neighborhood. I support the current amount of funding and also want the civilian review board to be funded as proposed!
I strongly oppose the $994M being allocated to the Phoenix Police Department. I will not support an institution that antagonizes and unfairly targets minorities and people of color. Direct these funds towards community development, community enrichment, and environmental services.
I oppose the further funding of any police department in the state of Arizona. Seeing how 40% of police officers are domestic violence abusers, I would consider providing relief for trauma healing services. As a taxpayer, I ask the funds be allocated back into community resources, particularly those heavily affected by state sanctioned violence.
Please defund the Phoenix police. These funds should be reallocated the financial support of non-violent programs such as community resources, public health, and behavioral health. Spend money on things that empower and uplift our community. Please do not give any more funding to PPD, who have shown themselves to be dangerous and militaristic with their displays of power.
I strongly oppose the $994,000,000 being allocated to the Phoenix Police Department. Phoenix Police Department is one of the most aggressive police forces in the country, responsible for 44 deaths in the year 2018 alone. Reallocate these funds to mental health/trauma services, education/afterschool care, housing, healthcare and employment opportunities. Now more than ever these services are incredibly important to building a stronger and more equitable community.
The budget must not be adopted until the Line for police funding is limited and these funds are distributed directly to education, housing the houseless, and feeding hungry families. Policing is inherently racist and violent.
Arizona, a Republican party that continuously goes directly against voters wishes on school funding, and the THIRD DEADLIEST police force in the nation, it is time to defund the police and start funding the community
I support the public safety budget. As a neighborhood leader I work with our police department on numerous issues and while officers have always gone above and beyond, I have often experienced the ramifications of an understaffed police department. We need more officers, training and appropriate oversight. The solution is not defunding the police department, the solution is accountability and transparency, which I believe we can demand of our leadership but public safety must remain a priority.
As a voting resident of Tempe, I strongly oppose the approval of a $994M budget for the Phoenix PD, one that is more at conflict with its communities than almost any other. Reduce the budget and allocate the funds towards an oversight committee and to community initiatives aimed at reducing homelessness and improving infrastructure. Additionally I ask that the officers with long records of excessive force are terminated and part of the funding used to hire and train new officers.
I do not support this massive amount of funding for the Phoenix PD. More money should go to the CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD, community outreach, and variety of other programs (housing, mental health services, education, etc) that are much more effective at preventing crime than the police are... and also don't kill unarmed black and brown bodies.
I strongly oppose additional funding of the police. As the criminal justice system is designed to disproportionally affect the disenfranchised, divesting police funds into programs like violence interruption and civilian oversight would be the least we could do. Cities like Dallas, D.C. and San Francisco have implemented programs that let the community provide their own protection, like social workers attending to mental health emergencies. This is not only the right thing to do, but saves money
I do not support a raise in funding to police. As a public servant myself, who has been through training with the county attorneys office "citizen's academy" I've witnessed firm racial biases these departments hold and do not support increase funding. The police dept should be held accountable for failings of the dept, instead of being rewarded with increase funding. Poclie need to rework structure and mission with their current resources. Police are public servants, not the other way around.
As a registered voter of Phoenix, Arizona: I am asking you to reconsider the proposed budget allocated to our Public Safety Department and instead, redistribute the funds to programs that help and heal the community (particularly toward the budgets for Community Development and Enrichment). Our community does not benefit from violent policing. Access to mental health - including homelessness assistance, advancements in education, and aftercare programs are what we need and help us grow together.
While a quarter of workers now face unemployment, Arizona ranks near the bottom of the country in education, homelessness & unaffordable housing are on the rise in Phoenix, as are healthcare costs, and affordable childcare is difficult to come by, we cannot sustain such massive funding to a policing regime that has systematically targeted our minority communities. More funds should be diverted from policing programs to create alternative community responses, and to invest directly in the people
Opposed. Money needs to be allocated to the civilian oversight board as previously presented. We need transparency and accountability now more than ever. Phoenix PD is one of the deadliest police forces in the country and is one of the last major cities to have a proper civilian oversight board. The force also employs dozens of officers with significant disciplinary records. Allocate funding to oversight.
PHX PD is statistically ranked among the highest in the US for cases of police killing civilians. Reconsider the proposed $944,680,555 allocated to our Public Safety Department for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
We ask that you redirect funds to programs that heal and educate our community. Increase the proposed $24,760,742 and $26,837,014 budget for community development and enrichment such as mental health, education, after-school care, adequate housing, healthcare, and employment opportunity.
nytimes.com/2020/05/30/opinion/george-floyd-police-funding.html
Reallocate the funding of a police force that brutalizes/terrorizes innocent people into community-based services like mental health/trauma services, education, housing, healthcare, and employment opportunities. Phoenix PD has consistently failed to "serve and protect", take accountability, & ensure transparency. We need to defund, re-imagine, and implement sustainable ways to protect people, not perpetuate a cycle of killing them.
As a tax payer I ask the city council to reconsider the proposed $944,680,555 allocated to Phoenix PD for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Increase the proposed budgets for community development and community enrichment. The city of Phoenix needs and deserves investments in mental health and trauma services, education, adequate housing, healthcare and employment opportunities. Defund the Phoenix PD and allocate funds to policies & programs that will create and sustain a safe community.
I urgently beg for this council to support our communities. COVID-19 has torn through Maricopa County. Many businesses and families alike are struggling. I urge for you to invest in our city rather than the police. Phoenix PD was rated one of the most violent in the country. I believe if they cannot be peaceful and nonviolent we must reallocate their funding to help our communities. Schools and healthcare should be our first priority.
I live near 19th avenue and Northern avenue and want to thank our police for helping the homeless and arresting the troublemakers in my neighborhood. I support the current amount of funding and also want the civilian review board to be funded as proposed!
I strongly oppose the $994M being allocated to the Phoenix Police Department. I will not support an institution that antagonizes and unfairly targets minorities and people of color. Direct these funds towards community development, community enrichment, and environmental services.
I oppose the further funding of any police department in the state of Arizona. Seeing how 40% of police officers are domestic violence abusers, I would consider providing relief for trauma healing services. As a taxpayer, I ask the funds be allocated back into community resources, particularly those heavily affected by state sanctioned violence.
Please defund the Phoenix police. These funds should be reallocated the financial support of non-violent programs such as community resources, public health, and behavioral health. Spend money on things that empower and uplift our community. Please do not give any more funding to PPD, who have shown themselves to be dangerous and militaristic with their displays of power.
I strongly oppose the $994,000,000 being allocated to the Phoenix Police Department. Phoenix Police Department is one of the most aggressive police forces in the country, responsible for 44 deaths in the year 2018 alone. Reallocate these funds to mental health/trauma services, education/afterschool care, housing, healthcare and employment opportunities. Now more than ever these services are incredibly important to building a stronger and more equitable community.
The budget must not be adopted until the Line for police funding is limited and these funds are distributed directly to education, housing the houseless, and feeding hungry families. Policing is inherently racist and violent.
Arizona, a Republican party that continuously goes directly against voters wishes on school funding, and the THIRD DEADLIEST police force in the nation, it is time to defund the police and start funding the community
I support the public safety budget. As a neighborhood leader I work with our police department on numerous issues and while officers have always gone above and beyond, I have often experienced the ramifications of an understaffed police department. We need more officers, training and appropriate oversight. The solution is not defunding the police department, the solution is accountability and transparency, which I believe we can demand of our leadership but public safety must remain a priority.
As a voting resident of Tempe, I strongly oppose the approval of a $994M budget for the Phoenix PD, one that is more at conflict with its communities than almost any other. Reduce the budget and allocate the funds towards an oversight committee and to community initiatives aimed at reducing homelessness and improving infrastructure. Additionally I ask that the officers with long records of excessive force are terminated and part of the funding used to hire and train new officers.
I do not support this massive amount of funding for the Phoenix PD. More money should go to the CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD, community outreach, and variety of other programs (housing, mental health services, education, etc) that are much more effective at preventing crime than the police are... and also don't kill unarmed black and brown bodies.
I strongly oppose additional funding of the police. As the criminal justice system is designed to disproportionally affect the disenfranchised, divesting police funds into programs like violence interruption and civilian oversight would be the least we could do. Cities like Dallas, D.C. and San Francisco have implemented programs that let the community provide their own protection, like social workers attending to mental health emergencies. This is not only the right thing to do, but saves money
I do not support a raise in funding to police. As a public servant myself, who has been through training with the county attorneys office "citizen's academy" I've witnessed firm racial biases these departments hold and do not support increase funding. The police dept should be held accountable for failings of the dept, instead of being rewarded with increase funding. Poclie need to rework structure and mission with their current resources. Police are public servants, not the other way around.
As a registered voter of Phoenix, Arizona: I am asking you to reconsider the proposed budget allocated to our Public Safety Department and instead, redistribute the funds to programs that help and heal the community (particularly toward the budgets for Community Development and Enrichment). Our community does not benefit from violent policing. Access to mental health - including homelessness assistance, advancements in education, and aftercare programs are what we need and help us grow together.
I urge you to reallocate funds from the Phoenix police department and direct them towards community development and community enrichment.
While a quarter of workers now face unemployment, Arizona ranks near the bottom of the country in education, homelessness & unaffordable housing are on the rise in Phoenix, as are healthcare costs, and affordable childcare is difficult to come by, we cannot sustain such massive funding to a policing regime that has systematically targeted our minority communities. More funds should be diverted from policing programs to create alternative community responses, and to invest directly in the people
Opposed. Money needs to be allocated to the civilian oversight board as previously presented. We need transparency and accountability now more than ever. Phoenix PD is one of the deadliest police forces in the country and is one of the last major cities to have a proper civilian oversight board. The force also employs dozens of officers with significant disciplinary records. Allocate funding to oversight.
PHX PD is statistically ranked among the highest in the US for cases of police killing civilians. Reconsider the proposed $944,680,555 allocated to our Public Safety Department for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
We ask that you redirect funds to programs that heal and educate our community. Increase the proposed $24,760,742 and $26,837,014 budget for community development and enrichment such as mental health, education, after-school care, adequate housing, healthcare, and employment opportunity.