community policing

Police are "responding to nonviolent, noncriminal calls for service for people whose needs are largely social, behavioral or mental. And that's just not right," says San Francisco Fire Capt. Simon Pang, who's helping to spearhead efforts to create new mobile crisis teams for the city.

Removing Cops From Behavioral Crisis Calls: 'We Need To Change The Model'

Eric Westervelt

San Francisco will soon launch the nation's largest experiment that diverts most nonviolent mental health and behavioral crisis calls away from police and to specially trained mobile units.

Politics and Government

Lavine calls for hiring 50 additional Syracuse police officers

Tom Magnarelli

The Republican candidate running for mayor of Syracuse says if elected, she would hire 50 additional police officers for the city. Laura Lavine blasted…

Politics and Government

New Utica police outreach team aims to build on community policing

Payne Horning

At a time when many communities across the country are wrestling with how to improve the relationship between the police and residents they serve after…