Firefighters are the new cops

Last year, the city launched a pilot project downtown called Health Oneconsisting of two firefighters, a case worker and social worker to aid people during non-emergency overdoses or mental crises — a type of call that politicians and experts increasingly argue should no longer be handled by police.

This is the new cops union. And they cost just as much, and they will soon be carrying tasers.  There is always the regulated militia.