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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Getting more police doing the same old thing isn't going to solve these problems.  More social services, more emergency workers who can address social problems - that's what we need.  Yesterday I saw a young man very high and very loud who I have seen maybe two times before in the same condition.  He got into an argument with a woman who told him to put his clothes back on.  I'm not calling the police on him but I'd like to be able to call someone.  And why would the police want to deal with this guy anyway?  They should be focusing on crime, not on crazy youngsters who are getting high in public.

Also there have been maybe 20 murders in my neighborhood in the last 20 years.  Do you really think bringing more police is going to stop that?  The police are already here!  They respond quickly after every shooting.  OP, they are not able to stop the shootings.  What we need are more violence interrupters, more social services, more things that provide a future for people who right now think they have no future and nothing to lose by using guns to solve disputes.

I understand why you feel the way you do, OP.  But you need to ask yourself why what we've been doing for years hasn't worked.[/quote]

In this city for the incident that you are describing the CITY wants you to dial 911. If you can articulate clearly that there is ZERO hazard to the persons self or other, the operator will call Behavioral Services. However, if they cannot determine that there is ZERO danger, they will call MPD to make first contact. MPD will then call behavioral services if they believe the person needs an evaluation. Behavioral Services may have the MPD transport them as their vehicles are not equipped to handle the ramifications of a person coming down off of their high.

Behavioral Services Access HelpLine:  1(888)7WE-HELP or 1-888-793-4357

Now to your next point, I would go as far as to say that more Police has in fact reduced the crime rate in the city. Is it zero, no but it is significantly lower than it was when the city had far fewer police. Is zero crime an attainable goal? Maybe not. But there must be rate lower than what we have now that we can find some middle ground on. How about simply solving the open case which we have and if we cannot solve them, ask ourselves what we are missing. Do we need ShotSpotter deployed on areas outside of the city core? Do we need Police Kiosks? Do we need to figure out how to put a behavioral services rep in every fifth patrol car? Every tenth? Maybe just for a year as a sort of 'rolling education'. I do know that defunding the police accomplishes nothing positive except making a handful of woke people feel good about themselves as the rest of the city implodes.[/quote]

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