system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
CMV: We should be calling for police reformation. Not defunding then.

I realize there are some people who mean reformation by chanting, “defund the police”. But it’s causing needless confusion on a matter that really should be as clear as possible.

I suppose you can argue that chanting, “defund the police” has a better ring than, “reform the police”, but to me, and a lot of other people, defunding something is not the same as reformation.

Reformation means to change something for the better, whereas defund means to take away money. Something that I would argue we need to keep so the police can actually get the training they need.

If you need to see proof, just look at what’s happening. There are people calling the movement “stupid” and saying it’s a terrible idea. A lot of them are very progressive people. So why would they be calling police reformation a stupid idea if it clearly needs to and can happen?

Change my mind by telling me why shouting about taking money away from police is better than shouting about reallocating it.
gpt
>whereas defund means to take away money

But that is what people are asking for.

They want to remove funding from the police departments and reallocate it to other social services.  Rather than have a cop deal with the homeless, send a social worker.  Rather than have a cop deal with a suicide, send a psychologist.  Rather than have a cop deal with a rape victim, send a counselor.  Take some police resources and send them to people in a better position to help.

We ask the police to do _so much_ and we can't expect them to be experts at every task put to them.  If we reallocate their funding _and_ reallocate their tasks, we won't need as many police officers.  We can then spend time training this smaller force for the tasks that _do_ need a police officer, which will make them more effective at their job.