Education on harm reduction and policing history
Resident asks for more public education on harm reduction and the history of policing, and for mental health workers rather than police to handle such situations.
English title and summary written with AI from the resident's text.
The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Have more education around harm reduction best practices and the harmful history of policing in the US
Who it helps and why
police are not shown to be effective at decreasing crime rates and they actively harm black and brown communities at disproportionately high rates. they should not be deployed for work mental health workers' would do better.
Details
- Cycle
- 2024–25
- Submitted
- August 9, 2024
- Neighborhood
- Beacon Hill
- Place
- Brewer Fountain Plaza, Boylston St, Boston, 02111
- Portal category
- Human Services
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
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