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.A. - rki9nnd suburban cities are participating in recent <br />conversations to reimagine public safety <br />Minneapolis, MN: <br />• June 2020: City Council unanimously passed a resolution to create a "transformative new <br />model for cultivating safety" based on holistic, public health measures <br />o Set up a "Community Safety Work Group" to provide recommendations for the new <br />public safety model. <br />Berkeley, CA: <br />• July 2020: Omnibus legislation to transform public safety in Berkeley <br />• Hired consultant to assess police calls, responses and research alternative models of <br />justice <br />• Create a new Dept. of Transportation to write parking citations, handle traffic violations <br />New Haven, CT: <br />• August 2020: City Hall announced pilot launch of Community Crisis Response team that <br />will respond to dispatch calls related to behavioral health, substance abuse, shelter and <br />basic living needs. <br />o Analyzed 2019 call data that showed 11,000 calls could have been responded to by <br />non -law enforcement, non-medical teams <br />Cambridge, MA: <br />• July 2020: Proposal in City Council to divert traffic enforcement to non -armed civilian unit <br />Stanford UniversiAn fy 21 <br />