TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The community has voiced its frustrations with Tucson’s public health crisis with the city for months, and now leaders are responding with a new safe city initiative.

The initiative puts all of the work from different entities within the city under one umbrella, bringing more collaboration and communication.

In a roundtable led by Mayor Regina Romero, leadership from the city manager’s office, Tucson Police Department, and Tucson Fire Department spoke on the root cause of the city’s safety issues – the fentanyl crisis and substance abuse.

That’s why the TPD is aiming to leverage arrests during its safety deployments, incentivizing people to accept mental health and behavioral help services.

“It’s about how to disrupt behavior and get people on the track to sob

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