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Collaboration with police divides social workers across US Associated Press 4 days ago By CHRISTINE FERNANDO, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Rayshard Brooks was killed last June when Atlanta police responding to a report of a man asleep in a car blocking a drive-thru shot him as he tried to run away. Later that summer, a similar situation in Eugene, Oregon, ended much differently: A man reported sleeping in a car was sent home in a cab. The key? A mobile crisis intervention team designed to be an alternative to police in nonviolent crises responded to the parking lot, cal...

Collaboration With Police Divides Social Workers Across U.S. Written by CHRISTINE FERNANDO Rayshard Brooks was killed last June when Atlanta police responding to a report of a man asleep in a car blocking a drive-thru shot him as he tried to run away. Later that summer, a similar situation in Eugene, Oregon, ended much differently: A man reported sleeping in a car was sent home in a cab. The key? A mobile crisis intervention team designed to be an alternative to police in nonviolent crises responded to the parking lot, calmed the man, contacted his family and called the taxi.

CAHOOTS-like collaboration with police divides social workers across US Christine Fernando Associated Press CHICAGO — Rayshard Brooks was killed last June when Atlanta police responding to a report of a man asleep in a car blocking a drive-thru shot him as he tried to run away. Later that summer, a similar situation in Eugene ended much differently: A man reported sleeping in a car was sent home in a cab. The key? A mobile crisis intervention team designed to be an alternative to police in nonviolent crises responded to the parking lot, calmed the man, contacted his family and called the ...