Newsflash..................Reallocating is defunding.  

Reallocating is the same thing as defunding .

Two different words with two different meanings.

Consider the data offered earlier that about half of 911 calls require law enforcement response. But, aside from fire and ambulance, law enforcement is the only tool available to 911- so the cops are dispatched to everything that isn't smoking or bleeding.

Somebody's having a psychotic break and the cops arrive. They have some mental health training and a positive attitude... but are they the best qualified professionals to maximise results? When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like nails.

Now suppose that dispatch believed there as an emotional issue or a mental health crisis occuring- a qualified professional shouold be sent and law enforcement personnel reserved for law enforcement issues. Reduce their workload, reallocate the funds to a more productive use.