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New York City
fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

MAMDANI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor starts new community safety office, with mental health crises an early focus | amNewYork

Mayor Mamdani created the Office of Community Safety and appointed Renita Francois as Deputy Mayor to reshape the city's mental health crisis response and advance his campaign promise of a new Department of Community Safety.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

Mayor Mamdani to sign order creating Office of Community Safety as first step on mental health response pledge | amNewYork

Mayor Mamdani signs executive order creating Office of Community Safety to reduce police response to mental health crises and non-criminal emergencies.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

MAMDANI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor starts new community safety office, with mental health crises an early focus | amNewYork

Mayor Mamdani created the Office of Community Safety and appointed Renita Francois as Deputy Mayor to reshape the city's mental health crisis response and advance his campaign promise of a new Department of Community Safety.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

Mayor Mamdani to sign order creating Office of Community Safety as first step on mental health response pledge | amNewYork

Mayor Mamdani signs executive order creating Office of Community Safety to reduce police response to mental health crises and non-criminal emergencies.
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NYC politics
fromAP News
3 days ago

NYC Mayor Mamdani launches community safety office, inching forward a campaign promise

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani established an office for community safety to reduce police involvement in mental health emergencies, starting with two staff members and plans to expand the B-HEARD program.
NYC politics
fromNewsday
4 days ago

Mayor Zohran Mamdani seeks to overhaul how NYPD handles mental crisis calls

Mayor Mamdani is creating a $260 million mayoral Office of Community Safety to oversee NYPD responses to mental health crises, gun crimes, hate crimes, and domestic violence, falling short of his campaign promise for a $1.1 billion Department of Community Safety.
Mental health
fromGothamist
1 month ago

After police shootings, Mamdani faces new pressure to overhaul NYC's mental health crisis response

Failures in 911 dispatch, call classifications, and police response contributed to fatal outcomes in mental-health crisis calls, prompting plans to shift to civilian responders.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

They help police with mental health calls. So why are 'mobile crisis' teams in crisis?

Mobile crisis teams expanded nationwide to respond to psychiatric emergencies, but inconsistent and inadequate funding is forcing programs to shut down and struggle to operate.
US politics
fromStreetsblog
2 months ago

SCOUT's Honor: Hochul To Expand MTA Program Pairing Nurses and Cops to Combat Mental Illness in Subways - Streetsblog New York City

Gov. Hochul seeks to expand MTA SCOUT teams from 10 to 15 to increase proactive subway station checks from 80 to 120 per day.
Mental health
fromKqed
2 months ago

She Goes to Police Calls in a Prius. It's Part of New Approach to Mental Health Emergencies | KQED

Pairing law enforcement officers with mental health clinicians reduces costly, intrusive interventions and provides better safety planning and support for people in crisis.
Mental health
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 months ago

Police officers shouldn't be leading mental health calls, Toronto police chief says | CBC News

Toronto police chief proposes shifting leadership of mental health crisis responses to the health sector, with police providing safety support as needed.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

In their darkest moments, too many Australians are being met with lethal force instead of love and care | Lorena Allam

Police responses to mental-health and welfare crises have resulted in multiple deaths of vulnerable people, prompting calls for non-police crisis first responders.
fromLos Angeles Times
4 months ago

Report questions why LAPD mental health specialists must defer to armed officers

A new report from the city controller's office questions the effectiveness of the LAPD's signature crisis response program, saying clinicians trained in de-escalation too often are forced to defer to armed patrol officers. For years, Los Angeles Police Department officials have touted the success of the Systemwide Mental Assessment Response Team, or SMART. But critics say the program, which pairs licensed specialists with officers in unmarked cars, is failing in the crucial initial minutes of encounters when multiple police shootings of mentally ill people have occurred.
Mental health
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