I live in a small Florida town on the Suwannee river with 5 traffic lights. 2-3 days a week I see 4 deputy sheriff cars at McDonald’s eating breakfast. Just down from there sits 3 more agricultural officers automobiles at a weigh station. There’s also a few Florida hwy Patrol that ride these country roads. We also have several Florida game wardens with their $100k twin engine boats.
That’s a whole bunch of law enforcement. There’s less than 5 arrests a week that are typically minor non violent offenses. I grew up here over 50 years ago and until the late 1990s we only had 4-5 cops total. The population remains less than 2,000 but now we have fund this bs. Pave the damn roads, spend the money on the children’s education, put a play park or baseball field in, anything would be better for the honest people. The way I see it the money is being pissed away. Defund doesn’t mean abolish. So when you ask should we defund the police, I say Damn Right!