Jon Collins:
I think one thing that people in the city of Minneapolis maybe don’t hear enough about or understand is all the different changes that have been made to public safety, that don’t involve armed police. So one thing that they did is they really created and boosted this behavioral crisis response team.
So in the city of Minneapolis, at this point, if you want to call 911 and there’s a nonviolent, you know, crisis or situation happening, you can ask for these folks to show up. And it’s in their nature to deescalate. So I mean, there’s been quite an investment in the city of Minneapolis, on these sorts of unarmed public safety responses, and people maybe don’t directly experience them right away.
But the people that I’ve spoken to who have partaken of these services, you know, appreciate it. And in that particular case, I would say, you know, from the evidence that we have that that has been a success, and then there are quite a few other programs that they’re also exploring, or just launching right now.
