Zohran Mamdani: “We're asking officers to deal with 200,000 mental health…”

“You know, in 2020, the police response time was a little less than 11 minutes. Today, it's closer to 16 minutes. Part of that is because We're asking officers to deal with 200,000 mental health calls a year. That is time they could otherwise be spending on homicides, on shootings, on so many of the things that give New Yorkers a real sense of fear. About their city.” (10:30–10:35)

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