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Old 06-18-2020, 01:39 PM
John41
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To those who mock and malign this idea, it is not as new as you think and should be allowed to be tried.


"Two studies suggest that one in four people shot dead by the police have psychiatric conditions"

Riding shotgun - Why American departments are sending social workers to answer 911 calls | United States | The Economist

"These Cities Replaced Cops With Social Workers, Medics, and People Without Guns
And it worked pretty well."

These Cities Replaced Cops With Social Workers, Medics, and People Without Guns - VICE
very interesting and worth a try but if drug use and sex work are classified as crimes the police will still have to be involved to make an arrest. I support reclassifying drug use and sex work as non crimes in a lesser category so social workers can be used. I have read of drug users serving prison terms up to 10 years which is too harsh.