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In New Mexico, a bold experiment aims to take police out of the equation for mental health calls: The Washington Post
ALBUQUERQUE — Elisha Lucero was known in her family as a painter, a fisherwoman and a caretaker who had put aside her ambitions to nurse relatives through bouts of poor health. She was also gripped by mental illness, and on a summer’s night in 2019, the 28-year-old was behaving so erratically that a cousin called…
NYPD trying to reach people who don’t like cops with ad campaign for community meetings: New York Daily News
The NYPD has launched a charm offensive — a $6 million ad campaign aimed at people who don’t like or trust cops. The ads also are designed to get more New Yorkers to attend the department’s new “Build the Block” meetings to discuss neighborhood issues. “We want to get the people that are anti-police, that…