It doesn't go as far as they want and would still require some explanation. "Defund" is a convenient old slogan repurposed for our times too.
The whole thing is at turns convoluted, vague, specious, wildly idealistic, or flagrantly dishonest anyway. They cite Camden as a model when Camden did
not defund or undermine the police with its reform:
In hopes of reducing the city's high crime rate, Camden, N.J., made a controversial and unprecedented move a year ago to replace its police force.
www.governing.com
With those savings, the department, which has since unionized, hired scores of new officers while keeping overall costs about the same. An analysis of
police employment data indicates that in the course of a year,
Camden has gone from a bare-bones force to having at or near the highest police presence of any larger U.S. city on a per capita basis.
For Camden residents, the influx of additional police has taken some getting used to.
Officers are making more traffic stops and issuing tickets for minor violations, such as tinted windows and obstructed license plates. They’re citing bicyclists for failing to have a bell or other audible device on their bikes. Even pastor King expressed frustration over being pulled over five times within a month for, among other things, driving with a broken headlight during the day. Many locals view the citations, which they say were never before enforced, as harassment. Police, however, say the city’s most egregious offenders also commit these types of minor violations. Armed robbery suspects, for instance, often drive cars with tinted windows. Drug dealers deploy lookouts on bikes. “We are going to leverage every legal option that we have to deter their criminal activity,” says Thomson.