Quote from Steve on August 27, 2020, 8:28 am

The integral problem with policing in Canada lies in the fact that we expect too much of front-line police officers and train them for roles that are in gross dissimilarity to the ones they actually play in society.

What's needed is a thorough reform of the policing system itself.

Some situations need to delegated to non-police agencies, such as the Canadian Mental Health Association or a group like Toronto’s mobile health team, which are trained to calm things down and de-escalate.

Read the related excerpt here. I think defunding is the answer. What do you think?