On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council passed a motion that will replace police officers with unarmed “crisis response personnel” to respond to “non-violent calls.” The news came amidst increasing concerns that the Los Angeles Police Department suffers from record “low-morale” and million-dollar budget cuts.

The city council, led by Councilmember Herb Wesson, introduced a motion which is aimed to develop “an unarmed model of crisis response.” Wesson, along with his five colleagues recommended that the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) and the City Administrative Officer (CAO), as well as with the assistance of the LAPD, and other government agencies to develop a model that would respond to “non-violent calls for service.” Such incidents include mental health crisis, substance abuse, and neighbor disputes. The goal for the city council is to divert calls away from the LAPD to other non-law enforcement agencies.

The motion will also provide additional responsibility for the CLA: analyze, report back, and use other models of crisis intervention such as CAHOOTS in Eugene, Oregon. The city council argued that the budget cuts on social services have already resulted in the LAPD to assume bigger roles and responsibilities. The motion states, “Los Angeles has gone from asking the police to be part of the solution, to being the only solution for problems they should not be called on to solve in the first place.”

The council wanted to “re-imagine public safety” as a part of a national conversation. The motion believes that the city should take a step up to lead in terms of structural changes, especially among the most vulnerable and marginalized sectors of the society. Wesson also confirmed that they would be working along with other members of the Black Lives Matter in Los Angeles.

As a response to the growing demand to defund the police movement, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that they planned to impose a $150 million budget cut or an equal to 10% of the police department’s entire budget. Garcetti plans to redirect the funds towards community programs for people of color. “This is bigger than just a budget, but I want you to know we will not be increasing our police budget—how can we at this moment?” Garcetti said.

However, the increasing anti-police sentiment and the million-dollar budget cuts are finally taking its toll in the state’s law enforcement. In a report from The Patriot Hill, police officers claimed that they felt “vilified,” “beaten,” and “bruised” not just from the lack of support from their community, but as well as from the city’s own elected officials. Some officers were so traumatized from the violent protests that one had even likened it to a “Vietnam soldier returning to a country that hates him.”

The events had become increasingly tense. On Wednesday, Los Angeles School Police Chief Todd Chamberlain finally resigned after the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) decided to cut down their funding.

The LAUSD voted that they will have to cut down the School Police’s budget by $25 million, which accounts for 35% of the department’s budget. Chamberlain explained that the cut might compromise the safety and security in schools, as they would not be able to guard the school grounds at night or protect students from sex trafficking.