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Public Advocate calls for rethinking public safety strategies
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Jumaane Williams concludes his remarks with a plea to reconsider current public safety strategies and reduce over-reliance on police.
- Argues that putting too much responsibility on police sets them up for failure
- Calls for investing in other agencies and organizations to handle non-policing matters
- Emphasizes the need to make law enforcement a last resort, not the first response
- Warns about the potential negative consequences of continuing current strategies
- Expresses concern about the cycle of tension between police and communities
Jumaane Williams
0:44:53
The more we put this weight on our police, there will be interactions that will be damaging and often feel like we're setting our offices up for failure by asking them to do things that other people should be doing that is not good for them and it's not do it is not good for community.
0:45:08
But this is a cycle that happens and I'm hoping at some point we can stop the cycle by agreeing where we agree, but backing that up with funding to other agencies and other organizations that can do the job that we're asking our NYPD to do.
0:45:28
It causes unnecessary tension, unnecessary conversations, unnecessary pressure that the public sees.
0:45:33
So I'm pleading with the commission to rethink some of the strategies they're trying to do and make the law NYPD be the last resort, not the first resort.
0:45:43
And let's figure out some other agencies and other organizations that can be the first resort to try to address a lot of these issues because I don't want them ignored.
0:45:52
But this playbook has been seen over and over city after city, and I know what the result is gonna be and I'm concerned for all of us if that is the pathway we take.
0:46:00
Thank you so much.
0:46:01
Appreciate it.