Create Quote by Angela Stanton-King

I do not support the idea of defunding police departments. I believe that it does nothing to solve the root problems we must address…

— Mikie Sherrill

Progress is not defunding the police; it is bettering the community and police relationship.

— Byron Donalds

No, I absolutely do not support defunding the police. But it's clear we have been investing too much in force and need to reinvest…

— Jaime Harrison

So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in…

— Al Sharpton

We want better policing. We don't want a total defunding of police.

— Ritchie Torres

We have to restore trust between communities and the police.

— Hillary Clinton

We must transform the relationship between police and the communities they serve.

— Tom Steyer

We can't just be against 'defund the police.' We have to proactively go out there and recognize that crime hurts.

— Jake Auchincloss

We need to rebuild bonds of trust between our police officers and our communities.

— Hillary Clinton

I'm not blind to the fact that we have to do a better job with our relationships between the community and police.

— Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Defund the police does not mean abolish the police. It means a dramatic reduction in the number of police in our poor communities and…

— Jamaal Bowman

We think one of the priorities in Mississippi is not to do what some would suggest, which is to defund the police. Rather, we…

— Tate Reeves