This is huge. We need to shout this from the rooftops.
The Denver program to send social workers instead of police (STAR) has responded to over 2,200 calls low-level/intox/MH calls. They have never called for police back-up due to a safety issue. Never. Think about that.

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Meanwhile the number of people experiencing homelessness in Denver has quadrupled