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Noon Wednesday: Unarmed First Responders in Madison
Clip: Season 2000 Episode 2010 | 17m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Madison Fire Department assistant chief Ché Stedman on deploying unarmed first responders.
Emergency responses to mental health crisis calls are primarily answered by police. As one-quarter of people killed in police shootings have a mental illness, cities are looking to change their approach by deploying unarmed first responders instead of law enforcement officers. Ché Stedman, assistant chief of medical affairs at the Madison Fire Department, explains how its new program works.
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Noon Wednesday: Unarmed First Responders in Madison
Clip: Season 2000 Episode 2010 | 17m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Emergency responses to mental health crisis calls are primarily answered by police. As one-quarter of people killed in police shootings have a mental illness, cities are looking to change their approach by deploying unarmed first responders instead of law enforcement officers. Ché Stedman, assistant chief of medical affairs at the Madison Fire Department, explains how its new program works.
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