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Mayors reimagining public safety and policing in wake of recent violence One approach is to direct some 911 calls to mental health professionals, said Baltimore s mayor, while other leaders are eyeing using stimulus funds for community violence intervention. Published May 21, 2021 Screenshot: https://www.usmayors.org/meetings/reimagining-public-safety/ In the first three months of 2021 alone, the number of homicides across 34 cities increased 24% compared with the first quarter of 2020 and by 49% compared with the first quarter of 2019, according to a new report the National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice released Friday.  As local leaders continue to attempt to pinpoint why the spike in violence has occurred, mayors from Baltimore to Oakland, California, gathered at a virtual U.S. Conference of Mayors event this week to discuss how they are reimagining public safety, gun violence and policing amid the grim landscape of a deadly and vio

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