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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 405 - This change with policing in Denver needs to happen in every city in America

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

WOW! I've been waiting to see the results of this 6 month long pilot program taking away thousands of 911 calls from the Denver Police and sending them instead to a trained team of compassionate first responders. Guess what?Not a single arrest was made. They never even needed the help of the Denver Police. And SO MANY lives were saved. Let me break it down for you.

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In New York you can gaze up at the towering skyscrapers or...

0:05.0

You can sunbathe on top of one.

0:08.0

In LA you can catch a neon lit rollercoaster ride on Landon-Mona-Capear.

0:14.0

Before catching a California catfish off Santa Monica Pier.

0:19.0

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0:24.0

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0:26.0

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0:31.0

Something really, really important is going on right now in Denver, Colorado.

0:37.0

They just finished a six month pilot program where thousands of 9-1-1 calls

0:45.0

would be routed instead of being routed to police, would be routed to a special team

0:51.0

called a star team.

0:53.0

I'll explain what that means in just a second.

0:56.0

That replies outside of the police department.

0:59.0

They're not police, they're not a part of the Denver Police Department.

1:03.0

They are first responders with training in substance abuse and homelessness

1:09.0

and mental health issues and their record in responding over the past six months was perfect

1:18.0

and they saved lives and never once did they call the police.

1:24.0

Let me unpack and explain it.

1:26.0

It's a brilliant story.

1:28.0

It needs to be duplicated all over the country.

1:31.0

We were waiting to see what had happened in small towns when they tried this,

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