Boston Sends Social Worker to Emergency Call — He Ends Up Stabbed

The City of Boston dispatched a social worker instead of police to respond to an emergency call, and the social worker was stabbed upon arrival. The incident reignites the debate over progressive policing alternatives that replace armed officers with unarmed civilian responders for crisis situations. Critics argue the case demonstrates the dangerous naivety of defund-the-police policies, while supporters maintain that such incidents are rare exceptions.