More cities are adopting alternative response models, where mental health clinicians respond instead of police. The question of who to send usually rests with 911 workers, who are often overworked and overstressed.
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Q&A: Whitehouse On Criminal Justice Reform, Government Shutdown & Russia
Democratic U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island helped promote a criminal justice reform package signed into law last month by President Trump. The bipartisan measure will give judges more flexibility in sentencing some drug offenders and boost efforts to reduce recidivism by inmates. Whitehouse stopped by our studio this week to talk about criminal […]
