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This is my question. So someone calls 911 re: a domestic dispute. Is the 911 dispatcher going to decide in 30 seconds whether a policeman or social worker needs to be dispatched?  How in the world is a dispatcher going to make that call?  How fast will the social worker get there?  Do they have sirens and lights to get through traffic?  What happens when the city is sued because the dispatcher didn’t send the police?  The problem is, from a liability standpoint, the city has to send a policeman when people think they need one (which is why there are penalties for calling the police for spurious reasons). [/quote]

My understanding is that they wouldn't send a social worker in lieu of a cop if someone is calling for a cop. It's that they would beef up services to victims and perpetrators of domestic violence to wrap them in community-based services and resources so that the cops aren't needed. That the abuser is getting the help that they need so that they aren't arrested, lose their job, etc. and that a victim of domestic violence is getting the help that they need, healing services, job, counseling, whatever. In other words, try to take the cops out of the day-to-day response to DV, but if a crisis/emergency occurs, that they still respond.[/quote]

Sure, you do know DV is one of the most dangerous calls a cop goes on, but let's send a 28 year old female social worker instead. :roll: [/quote]

How does that at all respond to the post? Which says they would NOT send a social worker if someone calls 911? That they would send a COP, as REQUESTED. 
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The pp specifically referred to social workers as "first responders" in these situations. And, as others have explained, you can "Defund the Police" because there will be other government workers to take the response to things like domestic violence incidents.  So, you're saying that the social workers would not actually be "first responders?"  How does this "Defund the Police" thing work if we aren't reducing the number of calls the Police respond to?  [/quote]
It will result in fewer calls answered by police and citizens getting better armed.

It's amazing how enthusiastically progressives work against law abiding citizens in order to please criminals. You can't make a cookie out of a dog doo-doo. It just not happening. Criminals will be criminals.

Well, whatever, Trump till 2024. [/quote]

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