Clare Bushy: Are there any proposals, moves to actually shift funding from the police budget? She says struggling city finances had an effect on police defunding efforts. bushy: Social justice issue getting a boost from pure budgetary dollars and financial thinking. The fact is that we're even talking about this at all is a massive step forward for activist who would like to see more resources redirected away from police departments toward other types of services or the flat out abolition of police departments.