Opinion | Congress Is Investing in Alternatives to Police. Can They Work?
With both violent crime and police brutality on Americans’ minds, there is a hunger for alternative approaches to public safety.
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With both violent crime and police brutality on Americans’ minds, there is a hunger for alternative approaches to public safety.
The late Philadelphia activist showed how communities can fight back against a plague.
“We have a much longer way to go,” says Susan Lee, the former deputy mayor for public safety who was the architect of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s signature “Our City Our Safety” initiative.
HPR's contributing editor Neal Milner was in the studio to discuss crime through the lens of an article by The Atlantic called The Crime Spike is No Mystery by Princeton professor and author Patrick Sharkey.
What seemed like a transitory step to avoid infection has become a major force driving the future direction of urban America.