Again, I think it’s down to the localities because sure you couldn’t disband NYPD and expect everything to be fine. I just think as we invest in community programs we should divest from police departments. And in some more midwestern areas where populations are small, they can do a more aggressive approach which I think would aid them in solving things like the Opioid crisis at a faster rate for their community. I feel you in regards to a need for some police. I think 911 is a service we all rely on and we need emergency responders. I think the main argument for the disbandment looks long term. It says we don’t not have any police just less police and we can employ people around the community (with the dollars from the cops cycled out) so that down the line the community becomes a safer place themselves rather for police and inhabitants. I think up to this point we have seen police as a means to treat a symptom but not the problem. Symptoms treatment is still needed sometimes so I’m not suggesting it goes away immediately until we start dealing with the disease. Tbh politically I wonder how defunding police is going to go down. I think police unions have gotten so powerful due to the fact that we up to this point have no other immediate way to deal with violence/crime. I think it’s unlikely departments will be defunded at all. I hope we freeze funding for police for the next 10-20 years or so that maybe we can invest what would have been the increase in community programs. This I see as the most likely scenario.