Zohran Mamdani: “In Oregon, where they decoupled mental health response from…”

“We are confident of our ability to find them because we know that if you actually pay people what they're worth for this job, there are so many who interested in responding. And we have the benefit of learning from the model. In Oregon, where they decoupled mental health response from the police department and they found they were able to respond to more than 90% of those calls without police involvement. You always could call upon them, but knowing that the first instinct would be able to respond to them without asking the police to do so, it changed their nature.” (04:56–05:06)

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