Zohran Mamdani: “Oregon took mental health response out of the police…”

“Because that forced overtime means you do not know where you will be at what time, you do not have any quality of life. You are working doubles and triples. And what we are saying is, you look at the example of Oregon took mental health response out of the police department, handling 20% of calls elsewhere. that the police were previously having to handle elsewhere to effective use. And here in New York city, police answer 500 mental health calls a day, 200,000 a year.” (28:04–28:08)

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