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May 8, 2024 Vol. 44, No. 45
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Alternative police response proposal under review
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Concerns about Oak Park’s 2-year pilot include a lack of coordination with Thrive By LUZANE DRAUGHON
The Gospel according to Teresita
Staff Reporter
STORY BY JESSICA MACKINNON , PAGE 16
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Sister Teresita Weind speaks at St. Catherine-St. Lucy Catholic Church in 2014 during a retreat. It was a homecoming for Weind, who preached homilies that soothed and inspired. Teresita died of cancer last week at the age of 81.
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A pilot program intended to change the way Oak Park responds to some emergency calls may be delayed after village trustees sent the plans back for review. Trustees asked staff to evaluate concerns about a divided response between village-employed mental health professionals and Thrive Counseling Center employees. The proposed two-year pilot is called an “alternative response to calls for service” program that sends trained staff in addition to, or sometimes in place of, police to mental-health crises and other low-level 911 calls. In 2023, a village taskforce presented recommendaSee POLICE RESPONSE on page 3
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