Defunding the police, along with every other policy, applies well in some areas and poorly in others. When I was a kid, our town decided to defund the police,

Defunding the police, along with every other policy, applies well in some areas and poorly in others. When I was a kid, our town decided to defund the police, cutting the force from 3 to 1 officers IIRC. It made sense because there was no crime, and the townspeople didn't want to waste the money on police. All useful politics are local.