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"What we're looking to do is sign an executive order that will be good glue to bring community and police together. Again, invest in things like co-responders that would allow for police to do their job but bring in social workers and experts that deal with mental health and issues such as drug addiction, or alcohol addiction, or other issues like homelessness," he said.
"We'll encourage pilot programs that allow social workers to join certain law enforcement officers so that they work together," Trump said Thursday during a roundtable with faith and community leaders at a church in Dallas."We're going to make sure that our police are well trained -- perfectly trained -- they have the best equipment," he said.
President Donald Trump listens to Fraternal Order of Police National President Patrick Yoes during a roundtable discussion with law enforcement at the White House in Washington, June 8, 2020.The official said the details Scott had mentioned -- a"national database on police misconduct" and the use of"co-responders" -- were among the ideas being considered.
"There's a better way to do policing and we have great examples, you can look at Camden, New Jersey, as one of them and we're looking at those examples as ways to bring the police and communities together and that's going to be a strong mark for the president and for the country," Smith said.
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