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Who to Call for Help When You Don’t Want to Call the Cops (www.vice.com)

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 16 points 19 hours ago

Currently, dontcallthepolice.com lists local resources for more than 70 different metropolitan areas across North America ... Each locality has a host of hotlines and warmlines (an early intervention tool for people pre-crisis who need emotional support) ... another place to look for 911 alternatives iscould be within your city’s government. Prominent examples include Minneapolis’s Office of Violence Prevention, based out of the city’s health department; Eugene, Oregon’s CAHOOTS program, made up of mobile crisis intervention responders; or San Francisco’s Human Rights Commission ...

Specifically mentioned hotlines: BlackLine, TransLifeline