"I think they realize that there's some insanity to the way we run the criminal justice system so they wanted a different tool."
Luke Stoddard Nathan caught up with former Albany police chief Brendan Cox to talk about bail reform and Cox's current work with the national org backing LEAD, an effort to help divert people with substance abuse and mental health issues from the criminal justice system. It's the same program he helped implement in Albany. (As police chief Cox was a quietly radical voice for change -- openly talking about how experiences had changed his perspective on police interactions with communities and the need for adopting new strategies when the old ones didn't work.) [The Alt]
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