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Oakland Becomes Latest City Looking To Take Police Out Of Some Nonviolent 911 Calls


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Originally published on May 18, 2021 1:24 pm
Some of the boldest reform experiments underway in the wake of the national reckoning on police violence and systemic racism following George Floyd s murder are pilot projects in Denver, San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and elsewhere. They re confronting hard questions about what role, if any, police should play in responding to calls for persons in a nonviolent mental health, drug and alcohol or homeless crises.
This fall, Oakland aims to join those cities when it launches a pilot project to funnel some nonviolent, noncriminal calls to new, mobile teams of civilians. ....

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KUOW - Oakland Becomes Latest City Looking To Take Police Out Of Nonviolent 911 Calls


Oakland City Vice Mayor and Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan says sending police to mental health and behavioral calls they aren t trained for is a mistake cities keep repeating.
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Oakland Becomes Latest City Looking To Take Police Out Of Nonviolent 911 Calls
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Some of the boldest reform experiments underway in the wake of the national reckoning on police violence and systemic racism following George Floyd s murder are pilot projects in Denver, San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and elsewhere. They re confronting hard questions about what role, if any, police should play in responding to calls for persons in a nonviolent mental health, drug and alcohol or homeless crises. ....

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