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Police and Human Services outline coordinated response plan targeting youth, unhoused and repeat offenders
Summary
Chief Raul Pedrosso and Human Services staff detailed a cross‑sector prevention and response strategy that prioritizes youth outreach, targeted outreach to high‑utilizers, expansion of an officer outreach pilot and better data/analysis (including hiring or contracting a crime analyst); monthly data reviews begin in March.
Police Chief Raul Pedrosso and Human Services staff presented a coordinated community response update in a work session on Feb. 24, describing a prevention‑focused, multi‑agency approach intended to reduce repeat criminal involvement and improve crisis response.
Chief Pedrosso said the council’s October charge produced two core objectives: explore partnerships between the police department and human services to prevent at‑risk residents from entering the criminal justice system and recommend how to close departmental capacity gaps for crime analysis and safety‑risk reporting. He said staff identified three priority groups: "1, the unhoused, 2, our youth, and 3, repeat offenders and…
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