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Santa Barbara County Finding Success with Co-Response Mental Health Teams

Jade Martinez-Pogue

October 02, 2022 |

Noozhawk |

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Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

Since 2018, Santa Barbara County’s co-response teams have paired a Department of Behavioral Wellness clinician with trained law enforcement to respond to 9-1-1 calls related to a mental health crisis. The pair work together to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and arrests for people experiencing a mental health crisis.

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Chicago police sergeant launches sports program to build ‘humanity'

Kyra O'Connor

September 23, 2022 |

News21 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Westside Sports started in 2017 and serves as a way for people and youth in the community to foster healthy relationships with law enforcement. Chicago Westside Sports consists of a league of hundreds of kids who play sports and dozens of officers, faith leaders, and nonprofit leaders who do the coaching.

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Police hire more civilian investigators to shore up ranks

Salma Reyes Nathan Collins

September 20, 2022 |

News21 |

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Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

In an effort to combat staffing shortages, several police departments are hiring civilian investigators. Hiring civilian investigators helps ensure crimes get hands-on attention and, hopefully, are solved in a timely manner, while also helping to civilianize standard law enforcement operations.

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Is police accountability working in San Francisco?

Eleni Balakrishnan

August 04, 2022 |

Mission Local |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

After San Francisco voters approved the creation of a new Department of Police Accountability to investigate allegations of police misconduct, the body recommended discipline for officers at a higher rate than the state average in 2021. But the majority of cases are still settled in favor of officers and 66 percent of civilian complainants reported being dissatisfied with the outcome of their case, an outcome experts and former employees of the DPA attribute to a lack of independent authority and leadership to wield the agency's powers.

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24/7 Sobriety program developed in South Dakota could be rolled out nationwide

Stu Whitney

July 29, 2022 |

Aberdeen News |

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Response Location: United States, South Dakota

The 24/7 Sobriety program requires repeat offenders of alcohol-related crimes to submit to breathalyzer tests twice a day as a condition of a pre-trial bond or sentencing agreement. Failure to remain sober results in jail time. Since 24/7 Sobriety started in 2005, there have been more than 39,000 participants and nearly 12.5 million tests administered, with a pass rate of 98.8%. Studies have also found a reduction in DUI and domestic violence arrests in states that adopt the program.

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How Sacramento County is bucking the national trend of murder cases going unsolved

Julie Watts

June 29, 2022 |

CBS News |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Sacramento County has achieved one of the best homicide clearance rates in the country after the sheriff's department implemented smart staffing techniques, the use of national databases, a citizen video surveillance registry, tip lines, and other assistive technologies. These changes led to arrests in 8/10 homicide cases in 2022, or 20% above the national average.

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Kalamazoo-area police want closer ties with mental-health experts. Now they try to make that happen.

Julie Mack

June 12, 2022 |

MLive.com |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

County’s police chiefs are joining forces with local mental-health experts to devise a countywide collaboration to strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the mental-health system by creating a four-pillar approach to crisis intervention training. Each pillar is designed to handle a different issue and build resources within the community to help those in need.

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How Michigan police agencies are training to respond to 911 calls with autistic people

Susan Vela

April 22, 2022 |

Hometown Life |

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Response Location: United States, Northville, Michigan

The Northville Township Police Department and Michigan State Police (MSP) are adapting new autism awareness techniques by participating in the Action For Autism program. The program helps officers better understand people with autism to interact with them without making quick judgments that can result in violence. Officers who go through the training have begun gathering profiles of members of the area’s autistic community to be used in 911 calls and have begun carrying calming bags in their patrol cars. The MSP alone has trained about 1,500 MSP troopers and department personnel.

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As Canadian police grapple with hate crimes, a wave of reforms are improving how some handle incidents

Mike Hager

April 11, 2022 |

The Globe and Mail |

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Response Location: Canada

Canadian police departments are introducing reforms to better handle hate crimes. Victims are offered support services and are kept informed about the ongoing police investigation.

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From scandal to scrutiny: How intense citizen oversight reshaped Oakland police

Nigel Duara

April 06, 2022 |

CalMatters |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Since 2016, complaints filed against Oakland police officers have triggered parallel investigations by both the department's internal affairs unit and the city's Civilian Police Review Agency. When an outcome is disputed, the final decision is made by the Civilian Police Commission, a system that has resulted in the city sustaining complaints against officers at a rate more than double the state average between 2018 and 2020.

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