There is a lot of literature on police abolition that I haven’t read, so there is a lot I don’t know. But basically, you reduce crime by reducing income inequality; by providing as many basic needs as you can to everyone; by fighting discrimination; by helping children escape abusive situations; by supporting people going through difficult times; by producing clean drugs and giving them away for free while offering addiction support; by punching nazis; by abolishing prisons and replacing them with house arrest, reintegration tracks, psychological support, restorative justice processes, etc.; by decriminalizing poverty; and more.
And then if someone is having a public psychological crisis you send a psychologist; and if people are having a conflict you send a mediator/de-escalation; and if there is a domestic dispute you send domestic violence experts with a hotel room available; and if people get into a fight you send a bouncer; and if someone got murdered you send detectives; and if someone is doing a mass shooting you send a tactical unit.
Rather than 911 only having firefighters, ambulances, and cops, it could have a large number of emergency services for a large variety of emergencies.
This wouldn’t be perfect. Crime would still exist. But there would be less of it than now.
I’m having a lack of imagination. How do you see this working out?
There is a lot of literature on police abolition that I haven’t read, so there is a lot I don’t know. But basically, you reduce crime by reducing income inequality; by providing as many basic needs as you can to everyone; by fighting discrimination; by helping children escape abusive situations; by supporting people going through difficult times; by producing clean drugs and giving them away for free while offering addiction support; by punching nazis; by abolishing prisons and replacing them with house arrest, reintegration tracks, psychological support, restorative justice processes, etc.; by decriminalizing poverty; and more.
And then if someone is having a public psychological crisis you send a psychologist; and if people are having a conflict you send a mediator/de-escalation; and if there is a domestic dispute you send domestic violence experts with a hotel room available; and if people get into a fight you send a bouncer; and if someone got murdered you send detectives; and if someone is doing a mass shooting you send a tactical unit.
Rather than 911 only having firefighters, ambulances, and cops, it could have a large number of emergency services for a large variety of emergencies.
This wouldn’t be perfect. Crime would still exist. But there would be less of it than now.
Ignoring “police duty” notices like people do for jury duty now