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By Susan Jones | May 19, 2021 | 7:20am EDT
A woman holds a Black Lives Matter flag during the funeral service of Daunte Wright in Minneapolis, April 22, 2021. (Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - The Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center has decided that armed police officers should not be the first, last and only resort in responding to calls for help.
On Saturday, the city council voted 4-1 to pass police reforms, including the creation of an unarmed Community Response Department that will respond to all calls where a city resident is primarily experiencing a medical, mental health, disability-related, or other behavioral or social need.
By Susan Jones | May 19, 2021 | 7:20am EDT
A woman holds a Black Lives Matter flag during the funeral service of Daunte Wright in Minneapolis, April 22, 2021. (Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - The Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center has decided that armed police officers should not be the first, last and only resort in responding to calls for help.
On Saturday, the city council voted 4-1 to pass police reforms, including the creation of an unarmed Community Response Department that will respond to all calls where a city resident is primarily experiencing a medical, mental health, disability-related, or other behavioral or social need.
Brooklyn Center City Council votes to establish new sweeping public safety measures
The resolution is named after Daunte Wright and Kobe Dimock-Heisler, who were both killed by police in Brooklyn Center.
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The Brooklyn Center City Council voted Saturday to establish a broad slate of public safety policies, including a new community response department to respond to certain noncriminal calls.
The resolution, first put forward by Mayor Mike Elliott, is named after Daunte Wright and Kobe Dimock-Heisler, who were both killed by police in Brooklyn Center.
The resolution establishes a new unarmed “Community Response Department” to respond to citizens experiencing “medical, mental health, disability-related, or other behavioral or social need.”
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Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, approved a host of police reforms over the weekend, including the implementation of an unarmed civilian traffic enforcement branch following the death of Daunte Wright, who was killed after an officer mistook her gun for a Taser and shot him in mid-April.
City Council members voted 4-1 on Saturday to move forward with a Community Safety and Violence Prevention Resolution, which indicates that the area does not rely solely on our armed law enforcement officers. The provision mandates a Community Response Department, made up of volunteers, mental health professionals, and social workers, that will intervene in matters where a city resident is primarily experiencing a medical, mental health, disability-related, or other behavioral issue.