“The ARP money is a once-in-a-lifetime investment,” said Chico Tillmon, a senior research fellow at the University of Chicago Crime Lab and former street outreach worker in Chicago. “We’ll never get it again. You have to, you must, invest at least 2% to 5%. Police are responsive in nature. Ain’t nobody calling police before something happens. Don’t nobody wake up with anxiety, saying ‘I just want to call the police because I don’t feel good today.’ You need people who work in the community, know these people, can talk to these people, can help these people heal.”
