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About A Third Of LAPD Shootings Since 2017 Involve Person With Mental Illness

About A Third Of LAPD Shootings Since 2017 Involve Person With Mental Illness

KQED's The California Report

May 23, 202410m 44s

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Over the last seven years, about 31% of police shootings in Los Angeles involved people who officers believed showed signs of mental illness. Some experts are calling for more de-escalation training for officers, while activists would like to see police removed from such interactions.

Reporter: Robert Garrova, LAist


Should California doctors be required to report domestic abuse to police? That’s the question at the center of a bill advancing in the state Legislature.

Reporter: Ryan Sabalow, CalMatters

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