City officials launched a public safety initiative Monday aiming to provide trauma training and services to community intervention workers who implement an
unarmed response alternative to policing.
Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, who chairs the City Council’s public safety committee, announced the Project TURN initiative — which stands for Therapeutic Unarmed Response for Neighborhoods — at a briefing Monday at the New Testament Church of Christ in South Los Angeles.
The program, launched with $2.2 million in city funding, seeks to help the over 100 community intervention workers in the city with training provided by the Community Based Public Safety Collective, The Reverence Project and the BUILD Program. They will provide therapy and other activities such as yoga, meditation and healing circles.
Community intervention workers aim to create an alternative to police response with an unarmed model of community engagement and gang prevention strategies.
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