And I have said time and again that for too long the city has added additional responsibilities onto the NYPD. We see at this point The NYPD [is] responsible for responding to about 200,000 mental health calls a year. And part of our vision in establishing a Department of Community Safety is to start to take that responsibility of mental health crises and task mental health responders with that … (18:26–18:32)
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Asserts that the NYPD handles approximately 200,000 mental health calls annually.
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