Denver Is Sending Social Workers Instead of Cops to Some 911 Calls

Denver just launched a program known as the Support Team Assisted Response (STAR). It involves dispatching a Denver Health paramedic and a social worker to minor 911 calls in a low-key van — instead of an armed cop.

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