Chris Cunneen – Can we defund the police in Australia? – Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney
Calls to “defund the police” following the death of George Floyd in the US have led to various proposals to either dismantle or cut funding to police departments in several North American cities. And there has been similar anger over Indigenous deaths in custody here in Australia – with over 10,000 people marching with the Black Lives Matter movement in Perth. But, would the idea of defunding the police – or something similar work here…
I caught up with Professor Chris Cunneen – from the University of Technology Sydney – (who co-wrote an article in the Conversation – “Defunding the police could bring positive change in Australia. These communities are showing the way“) and asked him – what does Defund the Police actually mean? And can this happen in Australia?