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  Unbundling the Police in Kentucky

  

  marginalrevolution.com

  In Why Are the Police in Charge of Road Safety? I argued for unbundling the police: Don’t use a hammer if you don’t need to pound a nail…the police have no expertise in dealing with the mentally ill or with the homeless–jobs like that should be farmed out to other agencies. Notice that we have […] The post Unbundling the Police in Kentucky appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

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  The US police department that decided to hire social workers

  

  theguardian.com

  In 2016, the Alexandria, Kentucky, police chief talked the city into hiring a social worker –...

  In 2016, the Alexandria, Kentucky, police chief talked the city into hiring a social worker – and four years on, the current chief sees the program as indispensable The Alexandria police chief, Mike Ward, was “sick and tired” of sending his officers to respond to 911 calls that they lacked the skills and time to handle. In this small Kentucky town of 10,000 people...

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  Why Are the Police in Charge of Road Safety?

  

  marginalrevolution.com

  It’s an unacknowledged peculiarity that police are in charge of road safety. Why should the arm...

  It’s an unacknowledged peculiarity that police are in charge of road safety. Why should the arm of the state that investigates murder, rape and robbery also give out traffic tickets? Traffic stops are the most common reason for contact with the police. I (allegedly) rolled through a stop sign in the neighborhood and was stopped. […] The post Why Are the Police in Charge...

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