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San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Thursday several new plans for reforming police practices in the city, including an end to using police to respond to non-criminal activity. Some activities that police will no longer respond to include issues with homelessness and medical situations.
Breed’s plan involves the development of a “systematic response plan to improve direct connection to community-based or City service providers, such as the CAHOOTS model of crisis response or the Homeless Outreach Team of Street Medicine behavioral health professionals.” Another goal with her response plan involves reducing the “need for armed police interventions in our schools.”
Breed’s end to using police in non-criminal situations seeks to “limit unnecessary confrontation” between the local police department and the community. Some of the other steps she plans for the city include banning the use of military-grade weapons against civilians who are unarmed, addressing police bias and enhancing accountability, and directing funding toward racial equity to better aid historically underserved communities. Breed stated that her policies are also meant to bring the city closer to the standards set by former US President Barack Obama’s 2015 Task Force on 21st Century Policing.