New Bill Would Require All Police Precincts to Have Social Worker on Staff

 

By Erin Durkin

All city police precincts would have to be staffed by a social worker under a new bill that will be introduced in the City Council this week.

Councilman Mark Treyger (D-Brooklyn) is sponsoring the legislation, which would require a licensed clinical social worker on duty 24 hours a day.

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Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report)