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[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago

We have a program, Portland Street Response, that tries to be a substitute for police when dealing with mental crisis response, especially our large population of homeless people. It was making a difference, then the politician backing it was voted out of office. Her replacement has deprived it of funding. It's very frustrating to see at the worst time.