I would feel a bit reluctant to get too far into that conversation as an outsider to any individual police department and certainly to police forces in Canada, knowing that while there are a lot of parallels between American and Canadian policing, there are also some important distinctions.
That said, I think the answer is likely also going to be quite different in large forces, the RCMP and provincial forces, versus some of the very small and first nations agencies, where there may be very little efficiencies to squeeze out of such situations.
Evidence-based practices are an important indicator, I think, making sure that the practices we are doing and consider to be vital are in fact producing the desired results. If we don't think they are providing us with sufficient value, then for some practices, although they're nice to have, we might question whether or not we need to continue to staff or task those types of roles and responsibilities. That could take the form of specific community services or crime prevention services, units, or programs that a large agency might operate, or it could turn to questions about whether or not having the police department even deal with certain community matters makes sense given its severity and seriousness relative to other types of demands on the police department and the volume of time it's taking for the police force.
Although I would be reluctant to enumerate what any of those specific tasks or responsibilities would be, I think there are ways to approach that conversation, albeit a very difficult conversation.