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Deputy city manager outlines path to community responder program; council asks for gap analysis and timeline
Summary
Deputy City Manager Tom presented options May 14 for a community responder program—ranging from enhancing existing services to piloting or fully implementing an unarmed responder team—and asked council for guidance on next steps.
Deputy City Manager Tom presented the city’s work plan for developing a community responder program on May 14, describing three options: enhance existing programs, pilot a small responder team, or implement a larger new responder unit that complements existing emergency-response systems.
Tom told council the proposal builds on years of community engagement and prior work by the Community Justice Center (CJC), Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD), the city’s care team, outreach programs and resource hubs. He said staff would convene an “action team” of municipal staff, community organizations, public- and mental‑health partners, people with lived experience and law enforcement to guide implementation.
Tom described…
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