LAPD responds to 40 calls an hour for the homeless, as they battle too few cops and not enough jail cells

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“911, what’s your emergency?” For the Los Angeles Police Department, it’s the endless cycle of homelessness and a mental health crisis that has plagued the city. Roughly “one-third” of calls to the LAPD — or 40 calls an hour — are now for people suffering from a mental health crisis, Chief Jim McDonnell told The California Post. “We spend an awful lot of our patrol time dealing with people with mental health issues,” he said, adding that at the end of the day, the police are the ones called