CAHOOTS-like collaboration with police divides social workers across US
Christine Fernando
Associated Press
CHICAGO Rayshard Brooks was killed last June when Atlanta police responding to a report of a man asleep in a car blocking a drive-thru shot him as he tried to run away. Later that summer, a similar situation in Eugene ended much differently: A man reported sleeping in a car was sent home in a cab.
The key? A mobile crisis intervention team designed to be an alternative to police in nonviolent crises responded to the parking lot, calmed the man, contacted his family and called the taxi.
Collaboration with police divides social workers across US
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