2020-06-08 00:00:00, Eric Bradner, CNN
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The campaign's comment came as President Donald Trump and his campaign sought to tie Biden to calls to "defund the police," which have emerged in recent days at protests over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
Biden backs advocates' calls to increase spending on social programs separate from local police budgets, but he also wants more funding for police reforms such as body cameras and training on community policing approaches, campaign spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement.
It generally refers to shrinking the scope of police responsibilities to public safety and changing the tactics police officers and departments use, while redirecting some funding to other entities — especially in marginalized communities — such as social services and counselors instead of police officers in schools.
(CNN)Joe Biden does not support some calls to "defund the police," the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's campaign said Monday.
Biden's campaign rejected the phrase "defund the police" and called for more funding for police departments to implement policy changes.
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