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Homeless‑service group asks mayor to add it to police resource list
Summary
Representatives of the River Falls Alliance for the Homeless told council that their organization of more than 400 local individuals is not on the police department's list of emergency resources and asked Mayor Dan Tolan to request inclusion from Police Chief Young; no formal action was taken during the meeting.
Daniel Linscott, speaking for the River Falls Alliance for the Homeless, told the council during public comment that the group is composed of "over 400 local individuals" who provide services and said the alliance is not included on the resource list the River Falls Police Department gives to people experiencing homelessness.
Linscott said the alliance has been asked to be added to the department's resource handout but that, "because of directions from the mayor, the city police force, chief Young, refuses to add us to that list of available resources." He appealed directly to Mayor Dan Tolan, saying, "It's cruel and unprofessional to not provide all the help that River Falls residents who become homeless need, and it's upon mayor Tolan's shoulders now to help do that." No formal motion or staff action was recorded at the meeting in response to the comment.
The transcript records the request as public comment only; no council vote or directive to staff is documented in the meeting excerpt.
