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Many big US cities now answer mental health crisis calls with …

(3 days ago) WEBActivists participate in a rally to call for peer-led, non-police response to mental health crisis calls, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in New York. The Associated Press has found that 14 of the 20 most populous U.S. cities are experimenting with removing …

https://apnews.com/article/mental-health-crisis-911-police-alternative-civilian-responders-ca97971200c485e36aa456c04d217547

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How Police Alternatives to Mental Health Calls Are …

(Just Now) WEBMeanwhile, the B-HEARD program in New York City, which is just three years old in a diverse city of 8.5 million, responded to roughly a quarter of mental health …

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/03/23/police-emergency-mental-health-911

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Non-Cop Response Teams Handled Just 16% of 911 …

(7 days ago) WEBFrom January through March 2022, 911 dispatchers routed a mere 23% of the 2,400 mental health calls in the pilot area to the no-cop teams after determining …

https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/07/18/mental-health-911-b-heard-teams/

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Non-Police Crisis Response: Explainer - theappeal.org

(6 days ago) WEBThe 50-person department runs the city’s Holistic Empathetic Assistance Response Teams (HEART) program, which it launched in June 2022. HEART has …

https://theappeal.org/non-police-crisis-response-programs-have-been-working-heres-how/

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How do crisis teams handle mental health calls differently …

(1 days ago) WEBDespite this, police officers often end up serving as the first responders to mental health calls, at times resulting in fatal consequences. In 2016, 242 individuals known to have mental illnesses …

https://usafacts.org/articles/how-do-crisis-teams-handle-mental-health-calls-differently-from-police/

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Building mental health into emergency responses

(5 days ago) WEBWhen a call involving a mental health crisis come s in to the CAHOOTS non-emergency line, responders send a medic and a trained mental health crisis worker; if the call involves violence or medical …

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/07/emergency-responses

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Non-police mental health response teams growing in the …

(6 days ago) WEBStaffers answered about 2% of all mental health crisis calls citywide last year. Even within the program’s limited territory, it fielded 16% of such calls from July …

https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/us-cities-now-answer-mental-health-crisis-calls-with-civilian-teams/507-9d4d4b97-57db-4d3c-a3bd-be0226f73e4e

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San Francisco Cops Will No Longer Be Called 1st For …

(1 days ago) WEBSan Francisco's new, unarmed, non-police teams are scheduled, at first, to take over the police calls for code 800 – a broad, catch-all category the police describe …

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/19/924146486/removing-cops-from-behavioral-crisis-calls-we-need-to-change-the-model

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How to address police violence and mental health at once …

(5 days ago) WEBActivists in New York City urge peer-led, non-police response to mental health crisis calls at a rally in 2022. In Chicago, Treatment Not Trauma is a bottom-up …

https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/08/treatment-not-trauma-chicago-mental-health-police-violence-community/

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How some police departments are rethinking 911 call …

(Just Now) WEBCalling 911 can have tragic consequences for people having a mental health crisis. They can be arrested or even killed. Some advocates and police officers …

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/08/14/how-some-cities-are-reinventing-911-call-responses

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This US city sends mental health workers instead of …

(8 days ago) WEBMental health workers, rather than police, respond to non-criminal emergency 911 calls in Eugene, Oregon. The CAHOOTS programme reduces confrontations involving police officers, saves …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/07/mental-health-replace-police/

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Mental crisis calls to police can be deadly. Cities try new ways to

(4 days ago) WEBAbout 1 in 5 people killed by police since 2015 were having a mental health crisis. Like other cities, Philadelphia is trying a new approach: sending along social …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/09/1203342875/cities-know-the-way-police-respond-to-mental-crisis-calls-needs-to-change-but-ho

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Denver, Aurora, other big cities move toward answering mental …

(4 days ago) WEBActivists participate in a rally to call for peer-led, non-police response to mental health crisis calls, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in New York. The Associated …

https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/denver-aurora-other-big-cities-move-toward-answering-mental-health-crisis-calls-with-civilian-teams-not-cops/

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Cleveland advocates make the case for non-police response to …

(Just Now) WEBIn Eugene, Oregon, where a program with mental health care workers was launched in 1989, more than 16,000 calls for service were diverted to a non-police …

https://www.ideastream.org/news/government-politics/2022-08-29/cleveland-advocates-make-the-case-for-non-police-response-to-mental-health-crisis-calls

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Help! Not Police! Crisis Responses That Avert Police Calls

(1 days ago) WEBCIT training also is delivered to 911 call-takers and staff at community provider agencies, and in Leifman’s court, staff from judges to bailiffs have been trained …

https://shelterforce.org/2022/06/29/crisis-response-practices-that-help-avert-police-calls/

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Chicago should fully embrace alternatives to 911 police response …

(3 days ago) WEBNext summer a new state law will require every 911 district in the state to refer appropriate calls to a non-police mental health crisis response program. By …

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/9/22/23884063/chicago-police-911-calls-mental-health-migrants-letters

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Congress Is Investing in Alternatives to Police. Can They Work?

(6 days ago) WEBIn New York, a pilot program inspired by Cahoots has fallen well short of its goal of rerouting at least 50 percent of mental health calls to non-police teams, in part …

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/opinion/police-community-violence-intervention.html

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Alternatives to calling the police in a crisis - MHA Screening

(7 days ago) WEBdontcallthepolice.com is a database of vetted resources that can be used as alternatives to calling the police or 911, broken down by city. We provide information about resources …

https://screening.mhanational.org/content/alternatives-calling-police-crisis/

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Murphy signs law expanding non-police response to mental …

(Just Now) WEBMental health disorders affect people from all areas of life and all ages, but are treatable. Call Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/murphy-signs-law-expanding-non-police-response-to-mental-health-emergency-calls/ar-AA1mT4DM

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A dispatchers' problem? Sending non-cop response to mental …

(9 days ago) WEBFrom January through March 2022, 911 dispatchers routed a mere 23% of the 2,400 mental health calls in the pilot area to the no-cop teams after determining …

https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2022/07/19/non-cop-response-teams-handled-just-16-of-911-mental-health-crisis-calls/

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911 call takers play a crucial role in deciding when to send police

(6 days ago) WEBHarper says the role of a 911 call taker goes far beyond answering the phone. More cities are adopting alternative response models, where mental health clinicians …

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/05/1242310330/911-call-takers-police-alternative

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Starting in January, non-law enforcement team can respond to …

(Just Now) WEBFresno police officers are the ones responding to crisis calls frequently. "Out of 400,000 calls for service that we respond to every year, about 25,000 of those …

https://abc30.com/california-law-mental-health-calls-non-enforcement-police-call/14230479/

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California community demands end to police calls for mental …

(Just Now) WEBA 15-year-old autistic boy was shot and killed in a confrontation with police in Southern California, sparking a debate over the role of police in mental health calls.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/california-community-demands-end-to-police-calls-for-mental-health-emergencies-after-death-of-15-year-old-boy/ar-BB1ky19c

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Frontline Professionals NAMI

(8 days ago) WEBIf you are in crisis, there are resources you can turn to. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline offers free, confidential crisis counseling 24/7/365 just by dialing 988 — and you don’t …

https://www.nami.org/Your-Journey/Frontline-Professionals/

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Spotlight on 'gaps' in Australia's mental health system in wake of

(3 days ago) WEBThe sister of a man whose schizophrenia diagnosis has been part of her family's life for 30 years says the mental health system, as she has experienced it, is …

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/joel-cauchi-bondi-attacker-had-schizophrenia-explained/103738664

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Sunak accused of launching ‘full-on assault on disabled people’

(Just Now) WEBIndeed the Care Quality Commission’s latest figures on community mental health services show that nearly half of people (44%) waiting for treatment found their …

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/19/sunak-disability-benefit-curbs-sicknote-culture-pip

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Lafayette police suspend mental health training initiative News

(4 days ago) WEBThe Lafayette Police Department has suspended its recently launched initiative to send specially trained officers to mental health-related calls. Police officials …

https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/lafayette-police-suspend-mental-health-initiative-cite-staffing-shortage/article_3d7fa520-0316-11ef-a07c-332e1bfff965.html

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Mental health chair resigns, calling out government 'inactions'

(Just Now) WEBThe Chair of Mental Health Australia has taken a swipe at the Albanese government's "inaction" on mental health, as he resigned from the top role of the peak …

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/mental-health-chair-resigns-calling-out-government-inactions-/103766414

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Former Corrections Officer Pleads to Assault of Inmate

(3 days ago) WEBLANSING – Today, former corrections officer Christopher Cluley, 48, of Mount Pleasant, pled to one count each of Aggravated Assault and Willful Neglect of Duty, for …

https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2024/04/26/former-corrections-officer-pleads-to-assault-of-inmate

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