PHOENIX – Protesters over the summer called for defunding Phoenix police, motivated in part by deep skepticism about officers’ ability to properly handle mental health crises. Activists point to police shooting deaths of mentally ill Arizonans in the past as evidence that law enforcement officers need help defusing such situations. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office […]
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Dylan McKim is a Texas native who expects to graduate in December 2020 with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and a minor in political science. McKim is a television reporter on the politics beat for Cronkite News and has interned as a reporter for KPNX and the Arizona Republic, and as a producer for Arizona PBS.