Cambridge, MA is planning to implement a new initiative where unarmed social workers will respond to certain 911 calls without police. The Community Assistance Response and Engagement (CARE) team, consisting of five members, will handle nonviolent, mental health-related incidents that are currently managed by armed police officers. This program aims to provide a more appropriate response to mental health crises and reduce the involvement of police in such situations.
Cambridge, MA may soon roll out a program where unarmed social workers respond to 911 calls without being accompanied by police. This isn’t going to end well... https://t.co/f7XvYgzrYq
Cambridge, MA may soon roll out a program where unarmed social workers respond to 911 calls without being accompanied by police. This isn’t going to end well... ttps://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1798758844270801366/video/1
NEW: Unarmed social workers will be deployed to handle some 911 calls in Cambridge, MA. Police will not accompany them. https://t.co/IOwflOJWER
Unarmed social workers preparing to respond to 911 calls in Cambridge https://t.co/wjCQ0ZDPCC
Calling 911 in Cambridge? Soon, the city may send social workers instead of police. https://t.co/IR4ayNXrVw
Cambridge’s new five-member Community Assistance Response and Engagement, or CARE, team may soon be responding to 911 calls, sent to the scenes of nonviolent, mental health-related incidents handled at present by cops with guns. https://t.co/j53wyZpwDv