Lancaster city shows how social workers strengthen community

Lancaster city shows how social workers strengthen community policing [editorial]


THE ISSUE: 
Lancaster city hired a social worker to join its police department in September 2019. In her first 18 months on the job, Leilany Tran referred more than 400 cases for social work, LNP | LancasterOnline’s Dan Nephin reported Tuesday. To help with that workload, the department hired a second social worker, Grace Mentzer, earlier this year. Now-retired Capt. Sonja Stebbins first proposed using social workers in the department after studying the concept at Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff & Command.
The headline on Nephin’s article states: “How social workers are transforming the city police department.”
And there’s no doubt they are. Nephin details how Tran — and now Mentzer — have bolstered the effectiveness of the city police force and helped at-risk members of the community.

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