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Council hears Baltimore example of repurposing officers for community-based intervention; Providence police note staffing limits
Summary
Members discussed whether Providence could reassign patrol officers to Community-Based Intervention (CBI) roles like Baltimore’s revenue-neutral model; Providence police representatives said manpower and union negotiations present practical constraints.
Council members reviewed a model used in Baltimore where police departments repurposed several officers into community intervention roles and reported reductions in violence without increasing overall costs. A committee member said the Baltimore model reassigned eight officers into CBI roles using existing revenue and partnered those officers with community-based organizations.
Providence law enforcement representatives at the…
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