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July 7, 2020

Council proposal for police alternative

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle City Council member is introducing legislation to redirect money from the police budget to creating a new mental health and substance addiction first-responder program.

The proposal from council member Andrew Lewis would send unarmed medics and crisis workers to reports of people in mental health crisis, The Seattle Times reported.


 
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