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Thread: Alternatives to police response. 1st up: CAHOOTS in Eugene, Oregon. https://www.eugene-or.gov/4508/CAHOOTS
“This town of 170,000 replaced some cops w/ medics & mental health workers. It's worked for over 30 yrs.”
#PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/us/cahoots-replace-police-mental-health-trnd/index.html

This town of 170,000 replaced some cops with medics and mental health workers. It's worked for over...

Around 30 years ago, a town in Oregon retrofitted an old van, staffed it with young medics and mental health counselors and sent them out to respond to the kinds of 911 calls that wouldn't necessar...

https://www.eugene-or.gov/4508/CAHOOTS

“It works this way: 911 dispatchers filter calls they receive -- if they're violent or criminal, they're sent to police. If they're within CAHOOTS' purview, the van-bound staff will take the call.”

#PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/us/cahoots-replace-police-mental-health-trnd/index.html

This town of 170,000 replaced some cops with medics and mental health workers. It's worked for over...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/us/cahoots-replace-police-mental-health-trnd/index.html

“CAHOOTS workers responded to 24,000 calls in 2019, ~20% of dispatches & ~150 required police backup. The program saves the city ~$8.5M in public safety costs yearly, plus another $14M in ambulance & ER costs.”
#PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/us/cahoots-replace-police-mental-health-trnd/index.html

This town of 170,000 replaced some cops with medics and mental health workers. It's worked for over...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/us/cahoots-replace-police-mental-health-trnd/index.html

“When CAHOOTS shows up they have better success than police officers do. We're wearing a uniform, a gun, a badge -- it feels very demonstrative for someone in crisis." - Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner

#PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/us/cahoots-replace-police-mental-health-trnd/index.html

This town of 170,000 replaced some cops with medics and mental health workers. It's worked for over...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/us/cahoots-replace-police-mental-health-trnd/index.html

“Most of CAHOOTS' clients are homeless and a little less than one third have severe mental illnesses. It's time for law enforcement to quit being a catch-base for everything our community and society needs.”

#PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/us/cahoots-replace-police-mental-health-trnd/index.html

This town of 170,000 replaced some cops with medics and mental health workers. It's worked for over...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/us/cahoots-replace-police-mental-health-trnd/index.html

Next: Crisis Response Unit, Olympia, Washington. http://m.olympiawa.gov/city-services/police-department/Crisis-Response-Peer-Navigator
“Two mental health clinicians are “embedded” w/ patrol deputies & assigned 911 calls for mental health or addiction.”
#ReimaginingPolicing #PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice https://www.opb.org/article/2020/10/06/crisis-clinicians-ride-along-with-skagit-deputies-in-latest-example-of-reimagining-policing/

Crisis clinicians ride along with Skagit deputies in latest example of reimagining policing

In the latest example of how Pacific Northwest communities are reimagining policing, Skagit County, Washington, is sending out civilian mental health crisis specialists alongside sheriff deputies...

http://m.olympiawa.gov/city-services/police-department/Crisis-Response-Peer-Navigator

Next: Heath One, Seattle, WA.
“A response vehicle w/ two SFD firefighters & a case manager for callers w/ non-emergency medical complaints, behavioral health crises & social service needs.”
#ReimaginingPolicing #PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice
https://www.seattle.gov/fire/safety-and-community/mobile-integrated-health/health-one#whatisthehealthoneprogram

Next: Support Team Assisted Response (STAR), Denver, Colorado. http://www.denverjusticeproject.org/2020/06/08/press-release-alternative-public-health-emergency-response-pilot-launches-in-denver/
“A 6 month pilot project diverting some 911 calls to a paramedic & a social worker.
#ReimaginingPolicing #DismantlePolicing #PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice https://denverite.com/2020/06/08/a-long-planned-program-to-remove-police-from-some-911-calls-launched-as-denvers-streets-erupted-in-police-brutality-protests/

A long-planned program to remove police from some 911 calls launched as Denver’s streets erupted in...

The timing was a coincidence, but the stakes have never been higher.

http://www.denverjusticeproject.org/2020/06/08/press-release-alternative-public-health-emergency-response-pilot-launches-in-denver/

MD Sen. Van Hollen & CA Rep. Bass introduce S.4791: Community-Based Response Act of 2020 to federally fund social workers on some 911 calls.

#ReimaginingPolicing #DismantlePolicing #PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice

#S4791 bill tracker: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4791?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Community+based+response+act%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=1

S.4791 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Community-Based Response Act

Summary of S.4791 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Community-Based Response Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4791?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Community+based+response+act%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=1

S.4791: The Community-Based Response Act of 2020, if passed, would create a $100M @HHSGov federal program for alternatives to police response.

#ReimaginingPolicing #DismantlePolicing #PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice #S4791 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/md-sen-van-hollen-california-rep-bass-introduce-bill-to-expand-crisis-response-outside-police-departments/ar-BB19CyWm

MD Sen. Van Hollen, California Rep. Bass introduce bill to expand crisis response outside police...

Police shootings in Baltimore and elsewhere involving people undergoing behavioral and mental health issues have amplified calls to rely less on police in those situations and more on outside...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/md-sen-van-hollen-california-rep-bass-introduce-bill-to-expand-crisis-response-outside-police-departments/ar-BB19CyWm

OR Sen. Ron Wyden introduces S.4441: Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS) Act

#ReimaginingPolicing #DismantlePolicing #PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice

#S4441 bill tracker: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4441?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Cahoots%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=2

S.4441 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): CAHOOTS Act

Summary of S.4441 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): CAHOOTS Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4441?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Cahoots%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=2

#S4441: CAHOOTS Act, if passed, grants a 95% federal Medicaid funding match for services for mental health or substance crisis. It also provides $25M for program dev.

#ReimaginingPolicing #DismantlePolicing #PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice https://whitebirdclinic.org/cahoots-act/

Senator Wyden to introduce the CAHOOTS Act

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden announced plans to introduce a bill in the U.S. Senate aimed at bringing CAHOOTS response model mental health services to cities and towns across the nation through increased Me…

https://whitebirdclinic.org/cahoots-act/

Next: Rapid Integrated Group Healthcare Team (RIGHT) Care program, Dallas, Texas. https://dallascityhall.com/Pages/searchresults.aspx?k=Right%20care “The RIGHT Care program shifted power to clinicians.”

#ReimaginingPolicing #DismantlePolicing #PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2020/07/for-mental-health-911-calls-dallas-found-success-in-social-workers/

For Mental Health 911 Calls, Dallas Found Success In Social Workers - D Magazine

Dallas had a disastrous history of police violence during emergency mental health calls. The RIGHT Care program shifted the power to clinicians and found success.

https://dallascityhall.com/Pages/searchresults.aspx?k=Right%20care

#CaPol push Governor Newsom to ratify Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager’s CRISES Act (AB 2054). Ask the governor which office should oversee CRISES, if not the Office of Emergency Services.

#PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice https://www.sfweekly.com/news/gov-newsom-vetoes-bill-funding-police-alternatives/

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Bill Funding Police Alternatives - SF Weekly

The CRISES Act would have aided community-based emergency responders.

https://www.sfweekly.com/news/gov-newsom-vetoes-bill-funding-police-alternatives/

Info from NAMI: “Lack of mental health crisis services across the U.S. results in law enforcement serving as first responders to most crises. A Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program is an innovative, community-based approach to improves the outcomes.”
https://nami.org/Advocacy/Crisis-Intervention/Crisis-Intervention-Team-(CIT)-Programs

Next: Stockton, CA. “Jones’ experimental approach is a lesson for a nation in turmoil about what defunding police departments really means, how far & fast reform can go & the degree police should be held responsible for systemic racism.”
#ReInventStockton https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-13/stockton-defund-police-reform-bankruptcy-george-floyd

Bankruptcy forced this California city to defund police. Here's how it changed public safety

After the California city went bankrupt, Stockton cut its police department by nearly a quarter. Eight years later, it's a lesson on what fewer police can and can't do.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-13/stockton-defund-police-reform-bankruptcy-george-floyd

Next: Reimagine Safety Fund, Austin, Tx will fund “alternative forms of public safety and community support.” http://austintexas.gov/page/reimagining-public-safety-august-2020-report

#ReimaginingPolicing #DismantlePolicing #PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/08/13/austin-cuts-police-budget-by-a-third-as-defunding-efforts-gain-momentum/#8c13b0156b69

Austin Cuts Police Budget By A Third As Defunding Efforts Gain Momentum

Austin’s major defunding effort closely tails that of Seattle, which ended in the resignation of Police Chief Carmen Best.

http://austintexas.gov/page/reimagining-public-safety-august-2020-report

Next: NYC will reinvest funds “from the NYPD's expense budget into youth and social services programming.” https://council.nyc.gov/press/2020/06/30/1999/

#ReimaginingPolicing #DismantlePolicing #PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/01/new-york-city-budget-billion-nypd-defund-police/5354307002/

Speaker Corey Johnson, Finance Committee Chair Daniel Dromm, and Capital Budget Subcommittee Chair...

New York City Council

https://council.nyc.gov/press/2020/06/30/1999/

Next: San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and San Jose in California take four different approaches with widely varying goals and outcomes.
#ReimaginingPolicing #DismantlePolicing #PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Defund-the-police-sf-oakland-berkeley-san-jose-15444031.php

'Defund the police' in action: How four Bay Area cities are (or aren't) reforming their police

It’s been scrawled across the pavement in front of government buildings in bright...

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Defund-the-police-sf-oakland-berkeley-san-jose-15444031.php

“Police unions, prison guard unions, district attorney associations & others in the law enforcement lobby have long wielded their power to nix any reforms that attack the carceral state. To defund the police, we’ll have to challenge their power head-on.” https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/defund-police-unions-law-enforcement-lobby

To Defund the Police, We Have to Dethrone the Law Enforcement Lobby

Police unions, prison guard unions, district attorney associations, and others in the law enforcement lobby have long wielded their power to nix any reforms that attack the carceral state. To defund...

https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/defund-police-unions-law-enforcement-lobby

Next: More about San Francisco’s new program: “Psychiatric, behavioral or substance abuse...crisis calls will mostly be handled by new unarmed mobile teams of paramedics, mental health professionals & peer support.”

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

Removing Cops From Behavioral Crisis Calls: 'We Need To Change The Model'

San Francisco will soon launch the nation's largest experiment that diverts most nonviolent mental health and behavioral crisis calls away from police and to specially trained mobile units.

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

“While Denver and Portland, Ore., have launched similar efforts they remain small pilot reform programs. San Francisco's effort is set to be the largest urban effort of its kind to date.”
#DismantlePolicing #PoliceReform #DefundPolice #DefundThePolice https://www.npr.org/2020/10/19/924146486/removing-cops-from-behavioral-crisis-calls-we-need-to-change-the-model

Removing Cops From Behavioral Crisis Calls: 'We Need To Change The Model'

San Francisco will soon launch the nation's largest experiment that diverts most nonviolent mental health and behavioral crisis calls away from police and to specially trained mobile units.

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

Reflecting again on CAHOOTS: They handle 20% of the 911 work with only 1/60th of the police budget. In 24,000 crisis responses last year they only needed to call 911 for backup 150 times. So 99.4% of the time CAHOOTS handles encounters without police. https://www.cbc.ca/1.5608627

Approach mental health crises with care, not policing: crisis worker | CBC News

The concept of reallocating money from the police has gathered increasing steam in the wake of the protests sparked by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police in the U.S.

https://www.cbc.ca/1.5608627

Next: Camden, New Jersey “dissolved its police department in 2012 and replaced it with an entirely new one after corruption rendered the existing agency unfixable... now the city's crime has dropped by close to half.”

#ReimaginingPolicing #PoliceReform https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/09/us/disband-police-camden-new-jersey-trnd/index.html

This city disbanded its police department 7 years ago. Here's what happened next

Camden, New Jersey, dissolved its police department and replaced it after corruption rendered the existing agency unfixable. Now, seven years later, the city's crime has dropped by close to half.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/09/us/disband-police-camden-new-jersey-trnd/index.html

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