Yeah, the people saying “defund the police” have generally had near-zero success in affecting policy, with policy makers at all levels rejecting their advocacy and increasing police budgets, often at the expense of other local services and functions.

If bad things are happening in crime, and it is an indictment of current policy, it is more defensibly an indictment of the reaction against “defund the police” than of “defund the police”.

Please understand that "defund the police" is way more than just cutting money to buy things, but also demanding huge amounts for asinine redtape that is mostly impractical in the real World. Also local directives like: "Not permitting a police officer to be at a school or even at the parking lot" ( yes.. really )

To the point most police departments are running at half-capacity and 911 calls remain open for HOURS!

It's all fine, until you are the one calling 911 and feel abandoned, then who are you going to blame? The police of course..

I'm not a fan either, but we demand more and more from the police, yet there is a powerful force ( mostly political ) to curb the resources the police can use.

I get both sides, but this road will have bad results. ( making Illinois into a police state is not a solution either )