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This is Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. For this series, WFHB and the Limestone Post look into how social workers are being integrated into police departments, and how effective this solution is at addressing the issues embedded in policing.
To learn more, we reached out to Stephanie Whitehead, a professor of criminal justice at IU East. According to her university bio, Whitehead has written in the area of policing and race and the representation of social class and crime in popular culture.
Lori James-Townes is the Executive Director for the National Association for Public Defense. She discussed the challenges of social workers collaborating with police during crisis intervention.
You’ve been listening to Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate. Tune in next week to learn more. As we continue to dive deeper WFHB News will explore research being done in Indiana and across the country to assess how effective police and social worker programs are, and how well the program is currently working here in Bloomington, Indiana.
To read the full article, Goal of BPD and Social Support Team Is ‘To Help People,’ written by Haley Miller, visit LimestonePostMagazine.com.
