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April 5, 2023 Vol. 43, No. 36
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Rock Stars!
Taskforce works on alternative police response model
Jaxon Mitchell and 8 other local rock-schooled students display their talents in ‘School of Rock’ at Paramount Theatre
Co-chair previews draft recommendations
STORY BY STACEY SHERIDAN, PAGE 16
By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter
The taskforce behind the Oak Park Community Safety Project has been working for months exploring alternative response for mental healthrelated calls to police. Through education sessions, public engagement sessions, private working sessions, the taskforce has studied several different response models, the needs of the Oak Park community and the challenges of changing a system AMY NELSON
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