Marsden<p>"... our first instinct was: sounds like a nice change from the defunding of social services, disability benefits, schools, universities, food for kids, Jobseeker payments, research....<br>...<br>We must ask why the implication that police may not keep everyone safe produces such vitriol and backlash from those in power, when the decimation of public services that do keep us safe does not garner such a response."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefundThePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefundThePolice</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/17-04-2025/defunding-the-police-is-good-policy-actually" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thespinoff.co.nz/politics/17-0</span><span class="invisible">4-2025/defunding-the-police-is-good-policy-actually</span></a></p>