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City of Billings seeks community feedback about police services through survey – Who you gonna call?
With the new public safety mill levy in place, the City of Billings is looking to maximize resources in the police department and make comparisons with other communities across the nation. To do that, they want to hear from Billings residents.
In partnership with Polco and the National Research Center, the city has created a survey with 25 questions, ranging from quality of police services to public trust, diversity and inclusion, safety, and communications. The survey was first sent to a random sample of 3,000 households and now it’s open to all Billings residents.
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Missoula’s upstart Mobile Crisis Team jumps into action with positive results
Since Monday’s debut of a program designed to help with 911 calls regarding behavioral health issues, it has already saved the Missoula Police Department seven to eight hours of work, as well as saving local hospitals from potential patients.
Missoula mobile support teams respond to first mental health call on Monday
Monday marked the inaugural day for the Missoula CARES Program and the Mobile Support Team units will be put to the test helping stabilize people going through a behavioral health crisis.
There’s Already an Alternative to Calling the Police
Taking law enforcement out of the equation in this 31-year-old program in Eugene, Oregon.
NYC Pilot Tries Mental Health Responders in Place of Police
The city joins Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver in testing out new law enforcement alternatives.
Investment in Public Transit Could Reduce the Need for Police Traffic Enforcement
If we understand the relation of policing and cars and the antidote – public transit – re-investing funding from police agencies to transit systems demonstrates a possible remedy to the dual threat of violence from policing and cars.
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