If we look at the communities that are safest, they're the ones where folks have good jobs with good benefits, adequate mental health resources. Our kids have community centers and places to go and be themselves and have fun after school. Our schools are fully Funded. I think that if we do not actually invest in making sure working people have their needs met, we are not adequately addressing crime. (45:49–45:51)
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Asserts that fully funded schools are a characteristic of safe communities.
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