Lansing, MI Police Department uses non-emergency social workers to handle non-criminal issues

Lansing, MI non-emergency responders for non-criminal issues

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The Lansing Police Department (LPD) launched a trial of using non-emergency responders for non-criminal issues and became the first police department in the state of Michigan to hire a social worker. The Ingham County Community Health Workers help handle problems in the community such as homelessness or drug addiction without criminalizing them.

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