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Council celebrates one-year anniversary of unarmed crisis response teams; city presenters cite 6,000 calls and lower police referrals
Summary
Council members and community partners marked the one-year anniversary of the city's unarmed crisis response program, which presenters said has answered more than 6,000 calls at an average cost of about $35 per response and required police backup in roughly 4% of cases.
The Bannize City Council on April 25 marked the one-year anniversary of the city's unarmed crisis response teams, with council members, nonprofit partners and program responders outlining early results and urging continued support.
Councilmember Bloomenfield and co-sponsors said the program grew from a 2020 council motion to develop alternatives to armed police responses for certain nonemergency calls. Vanessa, a city administrative presenter, introduced multiple nonprofit partners who described day-to-day operations.
Why it matters: Council members framed the program as a public-safety and public-health approach meant to reduce violent outcomes and direct specialized resources to people experiencing…
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