mental health responders, more domestic and sexual violence advocates, and by removing the minimum funding requirement, it also opens up budgetary pathways, which is my area of expertise for funding more violence prevention and restorative and transformative justice services. so when the language says it could include these public safety officers, police officers, you do or do not envision that there will be armed police officers as part of this public safety department? so we are required to have licensed police officers respond to some kinds of crimes under minnesota state law, so police will be a part of the department. however, we want to build up more options for different types of help because many people in minneapolis are afraid to call 911 right now because they are afraid of who will show up when they call, and everyone deserves
made off with $22 in credit cards, the victim was taken to the hospital giving up her injuries. minneapolis city council set to vote on a ballot measure to replace the city s police department. it would be replaced by a new public safety department made of many licensed police offices and include mental health responders and substance abuse specialists. if past it would appear in general election ballots for residents in november. will: doubling down on opposition to president biden s atf nominee, pushing and impeachment resolution against him. the lawmaker s statement and employment history make clear he does not support and defend the constitutional right of americans to keep and bear arms. public affairs director mark oliver joins me to react. regardless of whether this
telling the dispatcher, his wife and son were shot to death. are the breathing? no, ma am. your wife and your son? and my son. todd: police have username suspect in the death of maddie and paul. forget defending the police, the minneapolis city council will vote on a ballot measure to replace the city s police department with a new public safety department made of many licensed police officers. it will include mental health responders and substance abuse, if passed the amendment would feel in general election ballots for residents in november. texas democrats got covid, calling for schools to implement mask mandates. donna howard seen right here, but not wearing masks at the
i wanted to do a policy shoutout. you re working on a new bill about mental health responders. tell us about that. people s response act. need everybody on it. people s response act says the doj no longer should be the ones that dictate response to public safety. it should be health issues, should be under health and human services, should be a health response. it is a $10 billion that gives social workers, mental health workers, doctors, nurses into communities to help deal with issues of mental health and substance use crises and so much more. interesting. and again, goes to something we have covered sadly on the tragic ending of the incidents sometimes where you say why did they come in with hard force, but it is not always clear where it went wrong, having more
tourn tournament turmoil. wiley wants to establish a $10 billion infrastructure stimulus and jobs program to drive a post-pandemic recovery and to expand the city s rental assistance program. they ran into peaceful protesters, beat others to the ground and new york s leaders defended it. it was an injustice to those of us no whoe black lives matter. reporter: she has been reforming racism and fighting systemic racism key themes of her campaign. we need policing to be effective and efficient and fair and just, and accountable to us. reporter: she has proposed cutting $1 billion from the nypd budget to fund so-called alternatives to policing like kmoound-based violence interrupter and mental health responders. we are going to stop the hiring in the next two police cadet classes as i have said. we have a police department that is bloated.