LA to send unarmed social workers to some emergency calls instead of LAPD

[rangerrebew]

LA to send unarmed social workers to some emergency calls instead of LAPD

Associated Press | Jun 17, 2020 | News | 43
 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Unarmed social workers instead of police would respond to nonviolent calls for service under a proposal Tuesday from several City Council members following nationwide calls for law enforcement reforms in the wake of George Floyd’s killing.

A motion signed by six of the council’s 15 members would use teams of trained city, county and community-based professionals, such as homeless outreach workers, to handle certain emergency situations, such as mental health crises and substance abuse calls.

The motion calls for city departments to work with the Police Department, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and county agencies to develop an “unarmed model of crisis response” for nonviolent calls now handled by the LAPD.

https://www.gopusa.com/?p=90628?omhide=true

[rangerrebew]

Do they have undertakers on call to come pick up the social workers?

[dfwgator]

[PeteS in CA]

I wonder how DSS will choose who "gets to" enter these high-risk situations. By drawing straws? That said, I can see an up-side to a thinning of the DSS herd ... fewer social workers targeting religious and other homeschooling families ...