Tucson’s Safe City initiative aims to link people to help. Arrests still drive the strategy

Tucson Police officers arrest people for trespassing and possession of drug paraphernalia as part of a Safe City deployment, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Tucson, Ariz. (Carolina Cuellar/Arizona Luminaria via AP)

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