… that we're actually meeting the needs of those New Yorkers and then bringing them out of the subway. Meanwhile, police officers would be able to focus more on serious crimes. In 2020, the response time for officers was closer to 10 minutes. Today, it's closer to 16 minutes. Our clearance rates are still less than 50%. And part of this is because we're asking those same officers who are supposed to respond to a 911 call about a shooting to also respond to 200,000 mental health calls a year. (33:20–33:26)
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