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NYC is sending social workers instead of police to some 911 calls. Here’s how it’s going.

Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Comments Off on NYC is sending social workers instead of police to some 911 calls. Here’s how it’s going.

A pilot program in Harlem is reducing the rate of hospitalization for mental health crises, but police still answer the majority of those 911 calls.

      
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