Build shared radio and SMS infrastructure with privacy-by-design so dispatch notes focus on needs (“food, shelter, cooling”) rather than suspicion.

Fund a neighborhood switchboard where mediators, EMTs, and housing navigators share the same dispatch screen so callers choose care pathways within seconds.

Publish quarterly response scorecards comparing armed and unarmed outcomes; when residents see that violence drops, they defend the budget line.

Train volunteer care teams who can stabilize situations in the language and cultural frame of the block before municipal responders arrive.

Document existing community conflict rituals and weave them into the new protocols so elders feel continuity instead of disruption.