Having a strategy that relies exclusively or even primarily just on law enforcement doesn't work. And we know that. We've spent billions of dollars across the city policing without other supports for communities, and it's not moving the needle fast enough.
Lori Lightfoot emphasizes the need for a comprehensive approach to crime that includes community support, not just policing.
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The other thing that we are really avoiding doing is shaming people in communities for not being vaccinated.
There’s a larger problem here, Joy, and it's not just those officers in that video. If we forget get the humanity of the people that we are sworn to protect, to honor, to serve, there's a larger problem.
Look, every mayor's going to tell you that they need more resources. What we've seen that's been successful is the things that I talked about before, but we've also I think done a lot with diversion at the police station.
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