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Fire wins again

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Robert Sullwold

Well, it looks like the City finally is going to launch a program to take the responsibility for responding to so-called “mental-health calls” away from the Alameda police department, as police-reform advocates have been demanding for months. But it’s not … Continue reading →

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Crisis response crisis?

Posted on June 20, 2021 by Robert Sullwold

The process of finding a way to replace having police officers respond to “mental-health crisis” calls has taken awhile – and it’s not over yet.

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Funding “police reform”

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Robert Sullwold

Thanks to the two budget workshops held on May 11 and May 20, we now know how much the City of Alameda intends to spend in the next two fiscal years on “police reform”:  $1.35 million next year and $1.95 … Continue reading →

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