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Los Angeles City Council votes to adopt unarmed crisis response as permanent program
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The City Council voted to adopt an expanded unarmed crisis response program as a permanent part of the city’s public-safety offerings, approving the motion as amended with a recorded 12-0 vote. Supporters cited pilot results and cost savings compared with armed police responses.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to adopt an expanded unarmed crisis-response program as a permanent city resource, approving the measure as amended with a 12-aye tally.
Councilmember Hernandez urged the council to move beyond a pilot and commit citywide, saying the program “responded to more than 18,733 calls, and 96% of those calls were resolved without police involvement.” Hernandez and colleagues argued that a scaled unarmed response could divert thousands of nonviolent crisis calls from police and free sworn…
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