Defund2Fund

04/21/2021

George Floyd was murdered because of a flawed system. Guilty verdicts do nothing to address the underlying issues that allowed Derek Chauvin to be a decorated officer and field trainer.

This wasn't justice. This was truth being acknowledged—and the bare minimum for a punitive justice system.

We must remember that if it were not for a teenager having the foresight to record a murder as she witnessed it, we would have been left with the initial police report and made to believe this account of things:

02/12/2021

The Anti-Racism Action Committee members have been selected. The CPS must dismantle traditional barriers that have been normalized through years of institutionalized discrimination.

The Calgary Police Service commitment to anti-racism has so far culminated in the creation of the CPS Anti-Racism Action Committee. Defund2Fund would like to congratulate the members selected to this committee: Dr. Fouzia Usman, Shuana Porter, Holly Wong, Rishi Nager, Kim Kakakaway, Giftii Girma, Ad...

11/28/2020

More on Council’s latest decision.

Defund2Fund coalition spokesperson Courtney Walcott said their request to Calgary city council was simple. Take $20 million from the $414 million Calgary Police Service (CPS) budget and put it towards better social service response in [...]

11/27/2020

The Calgary Police Service now has more money than they even asked for.

Yesterday, City Council failed in their promise to tackle systemic racism. Calgary City Council, in a time of fiscal need, ignored calls for police reform from a broad coalition of Calgarians (as well as the Police Chief) and instead voted against Calgary Police Service’s own proposal to fund the ...

11/25/2020

Over 2,000 Calgarians from all across the city have signed our petition calling on City Council to reallocate Calgary Police funding to reinvest in our communities. Read our message to City Council here:
https://www.projectcalgary.org/d2f_budget_message

11/25/2020

Police budget debate is happening NOW. Let council know you want reallocation of at least 5% of the police budget to communities— it'll take you 2 minutes.
https://www.projectcalgary.org/d2f_theres_still_time

11/25/2020

Take 2 minutes and let Council know 5% of the police budget should be reallocated to fund communities.

Email Council Today: Fund the Community Safety Investment Framework. We need to keep the pressure on City Council to reallocate the police budget to fund the Community Safety Investment Framework.

11/23/2020

On Monday, November 23 Send Council a message: Defund the Police and Fund Our Communities. Register on our website: https://www.projectcalgary.org/d2f_send_council_a_message_at_budget OR directly with the City at: calgary.ca/publicsubmissions.

These are our priorities:

1. The police must reallocate at least 5% of their budget - Council must direct the Calgary Police Service to reallocate at least 5% of their current 2020 budget to communities, as approved by Council on November 3.

2. The police must keep their promise to reallocate their existing 2020 budget - The Calgary Police Service must keep their promise to reallocate a portion of their current $401 million budget, and not simply forgo future budget increases.

3. The police must tell us how they spend our money - The Calgary Police Service must be more transparent and release their itemized line-by-line budget.

11/22/2020

What leads someone to commit a crime in the first place?

Neither did two-year-old Will (name changed to protect his privacy). But when his abusive father shot and killed his mother in front of him, it was the catalyst that started him on an arduous path—one that is extremely difficult to adjust without support.

11/18/2020

We need to keep the pressure on the CPS and Council to keep their promise to reallocate the police budget:

We must keep the pressure on the police and Council and keep their promise to reallocate the police budget. Register to submit comments at the November 23 budget hearing today.

11/10/2020

CPS wants to forego money they don't have yet, and call it "reallocation?"

The Calgary Police Service (CPS) budget suggests that the police will not honour their commitment to reallocate funding to communities. We call on Council and CPS to keep their promises and reallocate at least 5% of the CPS budget to communities.