Public Safety: How Do Community-Based Solutions Work? | NowThis News

Kyra Dunson
Oct 5, 2022
1 min read

Updated: Mar 30, 2023

‘It’s now time for us to invest, deeply, in community-based solutions as a complementary strategy to policing’ — The Newark Community Street Team involves the community in violence intervention and response, modeling a new path forward.

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