Unarmed specialists, not LAPD, would handle mental health, substance abuse calls under proposal

Several L.A. City Council members called for a new emergency-response model that uses trained specialists, rather than LAPD officers, to respond to calls for service not related to violence.

from California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-16/city-council-on-police-budget-vote-ask-report
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