Social workers and many health care professionals are also a part of our justice system in some capacity and do criminalizing work. Its not just the police, its the police and every institution that prioritizes police involvement over community care. There is overwhelming research from various institutions and universities showing that vulnerable and marginalized people benefit from police absence. That includes social workers, who often are obligated to work directly with police, which has produced a long legacy of negative results.

There's a district that took that research into consideration and removed both cops and state social workers from their schools - the results were extremely positive for the mental health of both the students and teachers. Our vulnerable populations, especially youth and mentally ill folk, deserve so much better than the program New Haven is planning to implement.

Here's the article for reference: https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-city-that-kicked-cops-out-of-schools-and-tried-restorative-practices-instead

Here's another article that shows research & analysis that programs like these aren't beneficial to anyone but the police and state employees, who always see increased budgets from the revamped PR it provides. These social workers and police decrease public safety when it comes to health, especially mental health and substance abuse support: https://newrepublic.com/article/167627/defund-social-workers