The slogan “defund the police” may have gone, but the push for reforms has not
says a distressed middle-aged woman with light-brown skin and dark curly hair. She is standing in the courtyard of a run-down apartment complex, gesturing towards a flat on the ground floor. The door is locked, the lights are off and the window coverings are drawn. Flies buzz between the covering and the window panes. The woman fears her elderly friend is dead inside.-shirts and jeans have arrived. Colin, a young former police officer, squats by the window and sniffs.
A few have created a unit separate from the police and fire departments. In New Mexico, Albuquerque’s government set upas a third branch of public safety, devoted to behavioural troubles. Its teams vary, some have a police officer and others not. They respond to emergency calls involving issues ranging from mental health to substance use and homelessness.
These units provide welcome relief for police. Most police calls do not involve a crime. The situation described above at the apartment complex is known as a welfare check, and it is one example of a non-criminal call typically endured by a police officer. Aanalysis of three areas found that one-third or more of police time is spent on these types of calls. About 13-19% of time went on traffic.
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