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The San Antonio Police Department recently announced a new protocol for responding to mental health crisis calls, as well as the permanent end of the use of "no-knock" warrants.The changes follow a summer of protests over police brutality and racial injustice across the country, including in San Antonio.
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Efforts are growing to remove or reduce the role of police in responding to people in a mental health crisis. Critics and proponents alike say a widely adopted program has too often failed.
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From Texas Standard: Five years ago, 28-year-old Sandra Bland died by what was officially ruled a suicide, in a Waller County jail cell. Bland, a Black...
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From Texas Standard : Late Thursday, a sweeping police reform measure passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The George Floyd Justice in Policing...
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Across Texas, more than two weeks of protests have led to conversations about police reform. But some activists want the complete abolition of police…