Understanding Police Reform and Defunding

What does the term "defund the police" generally mean?

• Completely eliminate all law enforcement

• Redirect police funds to community services

• Increase funding for specialized police training

• Privatize the entire police force

Police reform generally refers to:

• Making changes to improve existing police practices

• Eliminating police departments

• Increasing police militarization

• Reducing oversight of police actions

Which of the following is a main goal of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement?

• Expanding police powers

• Privatizing prisons

• Ending racially motivated police violence

• Reducing civilian oversight of police

Systemic racism refers to:

• Individual acts of racism

• Isolated incidents of discrimination

• Institutional policies and structures causing racial inequality

• Racism that only occurs within police departments

The primary criticism against police unions in police reform debates is that they:

• Are too supportive of community demands

• Often resist meaningful reforms

• Are not influential enough

• Regularly advocate for police defunding

Advocates for reform argue reforms can effectively:

• Improve accountability and transparency in policing

• Completely eliminate crime

• Immediately end all systemic racism

• Increase police militarization

A key benefit of police reform, as argued by its proponents, is:

• Immediate police abolition

• Ending community oversight

• Increasing community trust and cooperation with law enforcement

• Encouraging police to enforce minor laws aggressively

Proponents of reform claim defunding the police could potentially:

• Increase community safety immediately

• Completely eliminate violence

• Cause temporary instability and higher crime rates

• Improve police morale instantly

Which approach aligns more closely with incremental policy changes in policing?

• Police reform

• Police abolition

• Police defunding

• Police privatization

Those advocating reform might say reform is more politically feasible because it:

• Is radical and extreme

• Immediately solves all racial issues

• Has broader public support and fewer political risks

• Guarantees police support