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Berkeley task force backs SCU, urges further analysis of proposed CERN dispatch model
Summary
The Reimagining Public Safety Task Force told the council it broadly supports many consultant recommendations but marked CERN (a community emergency response network) for additional study, raised questions about dispatch, staffing and funding, and urged clearer metrics and a realistic sequencing of pilots.
The Reimagining Public Safety Task Force presented its response March 10 to NICJR’s consultant recommendations, endorsing several community‑centered investments while flagging operational gaps in the consultant’s tiered dispatch proposal (CERN).
Task force chair Nathan Meisel said the group’s report seeks a new, holistic public‑safety paradigm and listed substantive questions that must be answered to implement change now, not in some distant future. "This response represents our best good faith attempt to make this new paradigm a reality in the city," Meisel said.
Alicia Harger, the task force’s ASUC representative, summarized formal votes: the task force marked CERN as "more analysis needed," citing concerns that…
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