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San Mateo County To Expand Police and Behavioral Health Provider Partnership Program

The program, the Community Wellness and Crisis Response Team was piloted in 2022 amid calls to increase community resources for mental health in policing after the county experienced a surge in mental health related 911 calls during the pandemic.

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San Mateo County police departments moving forward with body cameras

Crime, News / By courtneylewis

As police departments across San Mateo County prepare plans for body cameras, City of San Mateo police said the department could begin fully using them by September 2017.

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Musician Talib Kweli discusses art, artists and social justice

Culture, Education / By nicksalazar

Hip-hop artist Talib Kweli was featured as the concluding speaker for a Stanford course and public lecture series on “Race, Policing and Mass Incarceration.”

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