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Thea Agnew-Bemben
64:49 - 65:22
“when we're doing enforcement That is not like, that is not the first, that's not the first step in the process. The first step in the process is outreach and outreach is multidisciplinary outreach team. There's only one officer on that. Everybody else is a community partner from all different agencies, including the coalition and the health department.”
- Speaker
- Thea Agnew-Bemben
- Timestamp
- 64:49 – 65:22
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 10, 2026
From the transcript
Yeah, I think that— I just want to share that, you know, certainly when we're doing enforcement That is not like, that is not the first, that's not the first step in the process. The first step in the process is outreach and outreach is multidisciplinary outreach team. There's only one officer on that. Everybody else is a community partner from all different agencies, including the coalition and the health department. They don't know where to go now 'cause they're endlessly displaced.
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