PoliticsTuesday 07.27.21

The Rise Of Mental Health Workers For Emergency Calls

After more than a year of calls to "defund the police," more and more cities across the country are launching alternative response programs, so that fewer cops and more mental health workers are responding to 911 calls. New York's pilot program is already seeing signs of success.

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