As Northampton report calls for new department of unarmed civilian 911 responders, MassLive poll finds views on policing are complex
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Whether it’s about how mental health crises should be handled or how best to support houseless individuals, there’s no shortage of opinions about policing in Northampton.
In the weeks after a resident-led commission released a sweeping report looking at how public safety can change in the small Pioneer Valley city in the years to come, MassLive published an informal digital survey in which people were asked a slew of questions about law enforcement and some of the proposals in the report.