The Columbus Safety Collective has been advocating for an alternative emergency response program that does not involve police in a crisis response.
Columbus City Council's allocation of $1.2 million of the city’s operating budget to pilot a nonpolice response program for nonviolent service calls — including mental health and substance use issues — is a step in the right direction, an advocacy group says.
“$1.2 is not 10 , but at the same time this is a commitment with city dollars to stand up a nonpolice emergency response program," David said.The $1.2 million for the pilot program is in addition to $3.5 million Columbus Mayor Andrew J.
Katelin Hansen, executive minister for United Methodist Church For All People, talked about how so many people who sleep at her Columbus South Side church have experienced previous trauma because of interactions with police. People with disabilities suffer the most from police brutality and police murder, said Tabitha Woodruff, an attorney with Disability Rights Ohio.
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