We need a crisis assistance program that is fully funded, independent of law enforcement, and has direct community oversight. People struggling with mental health are 16x more likely to be killed by police. As we relive the painful death of George Floyd while watching the Chauvin trial, your moral conscience should call on you to act. Let's save lives from police violence.
I ask that the City of Phoenix establish a crisis assistance program that is fully funded, independent of law-enforcement, and has direct community oversight. No more funding to an overinflated public safety budget whose police force has time and time again worked against its own community.
There are proven ways to reduce crime that doesn't involve pouring even more money into the police. We need to fund things that provide social stability- housing and education. There is no evidence to support providing the police with more money will do anything but lead to more inequality, community distrust, and the murder of black and brown people at the hand of the police.
I encourage you to consider renewal & expansion of the PHXbizConnect HUUB platform so that businesses can continue to get support in this critical time. As a business owner in Phoenix, this tool has been vital to helping me navigate the pandemic & even grow. I believe this platform should be a standard tool for all cities, but especially Phoenix. I would love to see the city invest in offering free consultants through HUUB’s 24/7 online tool to help us grow our businesses.
Reallocating $10 Million from Phoenix PD's "Crime Suppression Squad"; Saying no to 75 new civilian positions for Phoenix PD; COVID relief for the people, not police; Funding in marginalized communities for: Free transportation, rehabilitation services and a center in West Phoenix, low barrier shelter/housing support; AND rejecting the flimsy proposed CAP program for police accountability in favor of the much more robust and genuine proposed Neighborhood Organized Crisis Assistance Program
We should AT LEAST be spending $60M on an INDEPENDENT department to run our city wide crisis assistance program. Phonecians need a non violent alternative when calling 911. We need to re-invest the money we are giving to PHX PD for RAISES ($60M) to fund crisis response. Mental Health and Addiction are only deadly problems when the police interject themselves into the process. Policing isn't the answer so we must invest the solution of no barrier housing, non violent responsive care & no PD raise
I fully support finding an independent crisis assistance program, one that is separate from police, accountable to the public, and focused on non-violence in approaching Phoenicians in mental health distress and other non-threatening crises. Vote to support the NOCAP plan, which will save lives and provide care. Take the police out of mental health and addiction crises, and send trained, accountable, caring first responders instead.
Fund NOCAP, no more money for PPD. The city is demanding crisis assistance that is independent of current first responders and does not report to the police or ICE. Community oversight and control, along with continued funding, will be critical to the success of the program. Please allocate funds for NOCAP.
NO MORE MONEY TO PHOENIX POLICE!
No to 75 new civilian positions for Phoenix police
Move $10 million from the phx police “crime suppression squad”
COVID relief for the people, not police
$15 million from police to pay for new crisis response program
Our communities demand funding for:
Free transportation
Rehabilitation services and a center in West Phoenix
Low barrier shelter/ housing support
I reject this budget until the process for MOU negotiations becomes fully public
I do not support the city giving the PPD more money or finding money in the budget for PPD. You need to be allocating/reallocating these funds to departments like NOCAP. We need to start having more community focused resources because this is the only way to move forward. We need to provide mental and behavioral health assisted programs for us that is INDEPENDENT of law enforcement.
I support funding an independent agency that is focused crisis assistance and has direct community oversight. We know the PD is overfunded, leads to the incarceration and death of people experiencing homelessness and mental health issues. A trained team of unarmed crisis intervention responders has been a proven method of supporting the community in cities across the country and people are almost never ticketed, arrested, or murdered. Please fund this initiative!
I support the program that is creating programs to help the community. However it should be done independently from other departments and have community oversight.
I fully support establishing a fully funded $20 million Alternative First Responders Program to respond to mental health, homelessness, drug addiction and other calls. It should be independent of other departments, have community oversight, and have secure long-term funding.
A smart city budget should reflect the needs of its constituents. This proposal allocates to much to the PPD. As a result other needs the community is calling for are being ignored. I support adjusting the budget to include a Crisis Assistance program independent from current first responders. It must have community control, an initial $20 million in funding & not report to PPD or ICE. Future funding will coming from the surplus police budget as the program grows & the need for PPD decreases.
I encourage you to consider renewal & expansion of the PHXbizConnect HUUB platform so that businesses can continue to get support in this critical time. As a business owner in Phoenix, this tool has been vital to helping me navigate the pandemic & even grow. I believe this platform should be a standard tool for all cities, but especially Phoenix. I would love to see the city invest in offering free consultants through HUUB’s 24/7 online tool to help us grow our businesses.
Absolutely no additional funding to the PHX PD. More money to police DOES NOT equal non-racist, and non-violent cops. Racism and violence are encouraged when the city allocates more funds to an already corrupt PD. Allocate more funds to providing housing, healthy food access and mental health resources for the unsheltered population. More money for community youth programs that do not involve PHX PD volunteers or PHX PD financial support.
Most of the times our flatland parks are open a park employee isn’t on site. If there’s a problem/an issue, park visitors don’t have a way to get information or help other than the police. Most problems require immediate attention and not a call back the next day.
PHX311 will only work only if it’s answered after 5pm Monday thru Friday and weekends.
I support a phone number available during the hours our parks are open and posted on park signs. One phone could rotate between Rangers.
No more money for Police. Invest in the community instead. Phoenix has made half-hearted attempts at emergency first-responder programs in the past. All of the previous attempts failed because city officials were not committed to fully funding the program. Using surplus funds this year is not a secure long-term source of funding. Additionally, only $3.4 million for “ongoing” spending is not enough for a fully functional program that can respond to all the calls for mental health assistance.
NO pay raises or any additional funding to the police department. Reallocate the funds to much needed services (mental health, education, climate preparedness) which will improve our society and our people. If we allocate money where it will actually make a positive impact in our communities, we'll all benefit from it. However, if we continue to carelessly overinflate police budgets, we'll continue to deteriorate as a society. Let's invest in specialized services that work; not more police.
We need a crisis assistance program that is fully funded, independent of law enforcement, and has direct community oversight. People struggling with mental health are 16x more likely to be killed by police. As we relive the painful death of George Floyd while watching the Chauvin trial, your moral conscience should call on you to act. Let's save lives from police violence.
I ask that the City of Phoenix establish a crisis assistance program that is fully funded, independent of law-enforcement, and has direct community oversight. No more funding to an overinflated public safety budget whose police force has time and time again worked against its own community.
There are proven ways to reduce crime that doesn't involve pouring even more money into the police. We need to fund things that provide social stability- housing and education. There is no evidence to support providing the police with more money will do anything but lead to more inequality, community distrust, and the murder of black and brown people at the hand of the police.
I encourage you to consider renewal & expansion of the PHXbizConnect HUUB platform so that businesses can continue to get support in this critical time. As a business owner in Phoenix, this tool has been vital to helping me navigate the pandemic & even grow. I believe this platform should be a standard tool for all cities, but especially Phoenix. I would love to see the city invest in offering free consultants through HUUB’s 24/7 online tool to help us grow our businesses.
Reallocating $10 Million from Phoenix PD's "Crime Suppression Squad"; Saying no to 75 new civilian positions for Phoenix PD; COVID relief for the people, not police; Funding in marginalized communities for: Free transportation, rehabilitation services and a center in West Phoenix, low barrier shelter/housing support; AND rejecting the flimsy proposed CAP program for police accountability in favor of the much more robust and genuine proposed Neighborhood Organized Crisis Assistance Program
We should AT LEAST be spending $60M on an INDEPENDENT department to run our city wide crisis assistance program. Phonecians need a non violent alternative when calling 911. We need to re-invest the money we are giving to PHX PD for RAISES ($60M) to fund crisis response. Mental Health and Addiction are only deadly problems when the police interject themselves into the process. Policing isn't the answer so we must invest the solution of no barrier housing, non violent responsive care & no PD raise
I fully support finding an independent crisis assistance program, one that is separate from police, accountable to the public, and focused on non-violence in approaching Phoenicians in mental health distress and other non-threatening crises. Vote to support the NOCAP plan, which will save lives and provide care. Take the police out of mental health and addiction crises, and send trained, accountable, caring first responders instead.
Fund NOCAP, no more money for PPD. The city is demanding crisis assistance that is independent of current first responders and does not report to the police or ICE. Community oversight and control, along with continued funding, will be critical to the success of the program. Please allocate funds for NOCAP.
NO MORE MONEY TO PHOENIX POLICE!
No to 75 new civilian positions for Phoenix police
Move $10 million from the phx police “crime suppression squad”
COVID relief for the people, not police
$15 million from police to pay for new crisis response program
Our communities demand funding for:
Free transportation
Rehabilitation services and a center in West Phoenix
Low barrier shelter/ housing support
I reject this budget until the process for MOU negotiations becomes fully public
I do not support the city giving the PPD more money or finding money in the budget for PPD. You need to be allocating/reallocating these funds to departments like NOCAP. We need to start having more community focused resources because this is the only way to move forward. We need to provide mental and behavioral health assisted programs for us that is INDEPENDENT of law enforcement.
I support funding an independent agency that is focused crisis assistance and has direct community oversight. We know the PD is overfunded, leads to the incarceration and death of people experiencing homelessness and mental health issues. A trained team of unarmed crisis intervention responders has been a proven method of supporting the community in cities across the country and people are almost never ticketed, arrested, or murdered. Please fund this initiative!
I support the program that is creating programs to help the community. However it should be done independently from other departments and have community oversight.
I fully support establishing a fully funded $20 million Alternative First Responders Program to respond to mental health, homelessness, drug addiction and other calls. It should be independent of other departments, have community oversight, and have secure long-term funding.
Resident of district 8 asking the council to please include 156,000 in the budget to fund maintenance of a new park at 55th Ave & Samantha
A smart city budget should reflect the needs of its constituents. This proposal allocates to much to the PPD. As a result other needs the community is calling for are being ignored. I support adjusting the budget to include a Crisis Assistance program independent from current first responders. It must have community control, an initial $20 million in funding & not report to PPD or ICE. Future funding will coming from the surplus police budget as the program grows & the need for PPD decreases.
I encourage you to consider renewal & expansion of the PHXbizConnect HUUB platform so that businesses can continue to get support in this critical time. As a business owner in Phoenix, this tool has been vital to helping me navigate the pandemic & even grow. I believe this platform should be a standard tool for all cities, but especially Phoenix. I would love to see the city invest in offering free consultants through HUUB’s 24/7 online tool to help us grow our businesses.
Absolutely no additional funding to the PHX PD. More money to police DOES NOT equal non-racist, and non-violent cops. Racism and violence are encouraged when the city allocates more funds to an already corrupt PD. Allocate more funds to providing housing, healthy food access and mental health resources for the unsheltered population. More money for community youth programs that do not involve PHX PD volunteers or PHX PD financial support.
Most of the times our flatland parks are open a park employee isn’t on site. If there’s a problem/an issue, park visitors don’t have a way to get information or help other than the police. Most problems require immediate attention and not a call back the next day.
PHX311 will only work only if it’s answered after 5pm Monday thru Friday and weekends.
I support a phone number available during the hours our parks are open and posted on park signs. One phone could rotate between Rangers.
No more money for Police. Invest in the community instead. Phoenix has made half-hearted attempts at emergency first-responder programs in the past. All of the previous attempts failed because city officials were not committed to fully funding the program. Using surplus funds this year is not a secure long-term source of funding. Additionally, only $3.4 million for “ongoing” spending is not enough for a fully functional program that can respond to all the calls for mental health assistance.
NO pay raises or any additional funding to the police department. Reallocate the funds to much needed services (mental health, education, climate preparedness) which will improve our society and our people. If we allocate money where it will actually make a positive impact in our communities, we'll all benefit from it. However, if we continue to carelessly overinflate police budgets, we'll continue to deteriorate as a society. Let's invest in specialized services that work; not more police.