> We can totally reimagine what public safety means, what skills we’re recruiting for, what tools we do and don’t need. We can invest in cultural competency and

> We can totally reimagine what public safety means, what skills we’re recruiting for, what tools we do and don’t need. We can invest in cultural competency and mental health training, de-escalation and conflict resolution. I applaud this approach. As a nation of concerned and affected states and cities, we owe it to ourselves to embark on new experiments, designed from the start to fit the current environment. You want a public safety concern that is geared toward a desired outcome? Design it and refine it. We cannot bring forward a carbon copy of the past and expect to transcend its worst parts at the same time. > We can resolve confusion over a $20 grocery transaction without drawing a weapon, or pulling out handcuffs. > The whole world is watching, and we can declare policing as we know it a thing of the past, and create a compassionate, non-violent future. It will be hard. But so is managing a dysfunctional relationship with an unaccountable armed force in our city. This is so on point. From what I have read so far, it also syncs with relevant and current research into policing.