Unarmed mediators are responding to some 911 calls in Dayton, and police say it's working
In Dayton, unarmed mediators are responding to 911 calls that would normally be fielded by police officers. The idea came about through police reform talks in the wake of the George Floyd killing and the protests that followed. WYSO’s Jason Reynolds spent some time with one of the city’s new “Mediation Response Units.”
Source: wyso.org