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Ithaca, NY Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick is calling for the abolishment of the Ithaca Police Department. And he intends to replace police officers with an imaginary invention he calls the “Department of Community Solutions and Public Safety.” The decision to replace police officers came after the city partnered with the Center for Police Equity. After their “analysis” of data and police tactics, the decision to abolish the department “became clear as day” according to Myrick.
“You need more tools in the toolkit cause you can’t just call us for every problem and then get mad when every problem isn’t solved the way you want it to be,” Myrick told NPR Radio this week. If passed, the new agency will be trained to de-escalate a number of situations and will report to a civilian public safety director.