Dylan Breese is a Jersey Shore native who traveled to the Cronkite School in pursuit of a sports journalism career. Breese works primarily as a sustainability and sports reporter.
A 2018 study on the Phoenix Police Department found that nearly 45% of respondents said officers only made the situation worse. Protesters over the summer called for defunding Phoenix police, motivated in part by a deep skepticism about officers’ ability to properly handle mental health crises. Activists point to police shooting deaths of mentally ill...