He is saying the police must be completely abolished.
The quote begins “By abolishing policing and prisons...”
You seem to have overlooked this somehow.
The name he has chosen for his project is:
“Abolition for the People, The Movement for a Future Without Policing & Prisons”
It couldn’t be any clearer.
Reappropriating funds does not mean abolishing the police.
You can reappropriate funds without abolishing the police, for example by reducing their duties.
He is saying both abolish the police and reappropriate the funds.
They are plainly not literally the same thing.
He is saying the police must be completely abolished.
The quote begins “By abolishing policing and prisons...”
You seem to have overlooked this somehow.
The name he has chosen for his project is:
“Abolition for the People, The Movement for a Future Without Policing & Prisons”
It couldn’t be any clearer.