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Old 06-17-2020, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
Mayor Tim Keller announced on Monday that Albuquerque is creating a "first-of-its-kind" civilian public safety department that would use unarmed social workers, housing and homelessness specialists, and violence prevention coordinators to respond to certain 911 calls instead of police.

I think that some social workers will refuse to go into certain neighborhoods even if they were armed. And, how many female social workers are going to respond to a 911 call at night in a strange neighborhood. Who thinks this is a good idea?
Much of Albuquerque is very attractive and safe. It’s a big city, but pleasant.

You missed the part where they are not only going to replace gun-toting cops with unarmed social workers, but they are going to replace armed criminals and drug addicts and wife beaters and thieves and burglars with polite, law-abiding, peace-loving people who wouldn’t dream of defacing property. (I’m kidding, of course.)