CRESS Program In Amherst Faces Challenges Two Years After Launch
Now more than two years old, Amherst’s Community Responders for Equity, Safety and Service (CRESS) programme faces growing pains and operating difficulties. But in recent months, the initiative, meant to provide an alternative to traditional policing for certain non-violent calls, has been used very infrequently and is plagued by high staff turnover that uncertainty about
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