That is what it is. Substance abuse is an illness and we should treat it like an illness as opposed to, you know, a legal issue that requires law enforcement. We have to make sure that we are supporting different police departments who are working with social workers. and other folks when somebody's having a mental health crisis so that we can send those individuals who can help them as opposed to consistently sending police officers who don't … (49:45–50:11)
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Asserts the need for police departments to collaborate with social workers for mental health crises.
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