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Council accepts community safety department update; CARE team director to depart, co‑response questions referred to public safety committee
Summary
The City Council accepted a status report on the Community Safety Department and the CARE team, learned that Director Liz Speakman is leaving, and referred remaining operational questions — including coordination with police co‑response and dispatch practices — to the council's public safety committee.
The Cambridge City Council on April 28 received an update on the Community Safety Department and its CARE team, accepted the report and referred operational questions about co‑response and dispatching to the public safety committee by unanimous vote.
Leadership change: Director Liz Speakman told the council she will leave the city to join a regional crisis organization. "If you're in a situation and you have a loved one who is really struggling... I would call this team every day," Speakman said in an emotional address summarizing the team's mission and why she fought to…
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