Integrating Social Work & Public Safety

Listen.Up.People. by USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

Episode notes

Approximately 80% of calls to police are social service related, including situations involving people experiencing homelessness, youth-involved crime or de-escalation of a disturbance. Rosemary Alamo and Rick Ornelas are the creators of the Social Work and Public Safety Program, a first-of-its-kind capacity-building partnership that integrates social work with law enforcement agencies and public safety organizations.

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