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fuzzy_viscount t1_j23z2n5 wrote

Reply to comment by CerberusAteMyDog in Globe Editorial Board: Boston police union needs to accept new realities of policing by GlobeOpinion

It’s really more about funding things needed equally, like mental health professionals.

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CerberusAteMyDog t1_j24e2q1 wrote

Yeah but the way you achieve that is by not paying police insane overtime wages to do things a civilian can do, like details. The way you decrease funding so that you can increase it elsewhere is by having less unnecessary police on the streets.

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fuzzy_viscount t1_j24eak6 wrote

You can also stop funding maintenance for mil-surp troop carriers and other ridiculous equipment we’ve let them justify. Doesn’t matter if it’s free that shit costs money to maintain and you’ve now got an expensive asset so you’d better use it… so much waste to be cut. Terrible messaging with the “defund the police” campaign.

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