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Residents demand alternatives to police and public dashboards after three police-involved deaths
Summary
Family members, advocates and medical professionals urged the council to remove police from many behavioral-health responses, create alternative non-police responders, require transparent public data (quarterly dashboards) and investigate the recent deaths; speakers repeatedly used the slogan "health care, not handcuffs."
A large portion of the Aug. 27 hearing was reserved for public testimony, during which families, community groups and clinicians urged bold changes to the city's crisis-response model and accountability for recent police-involved deaths.
Bridget Dobbins, who spoke on behalf of Paitasha Brooks's family, said repeated police visits did not prevent a deadly outcome and demanded immediate…
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