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Mental health response teams yield better outcomes than police in NYC, data shows

Posted by joplin
Tags: police, usa.ny.nyc, policing, b heard, data, pilot programs, policy.health, author.deepa shivaram, source.npr
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/23/1019704823/police-mental-health-crisis-calls-new-york-city

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Authors
Deepa Shivaram
Published
Jul 23 2021
Word count
422 words

3 comments

  1. FrankGrimes
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    This is interesting, and great news, but not surprising. There's absolutely a place for police, but let's use the right tool for the job.

    This is interesting, and great news, but not surprising. There's absolutely a place for police, but let's use the right tool for the job.

    7 votes
  2. FrillsofTilde
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    Great news but the acronyms...oh the acronyms. I wonder how much time they spend coming up with them? How many people are in the room? I wonder what the ones that don't get selected are?

    Great news but the acronyms...oh the acronyms. I wonder how much time they spend coming up with them? How many people are in the room? I wonder what the ones that don't get selected are?

    4 votes
  3. joplin
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    From the article:

    From the article:

    A New York City pilot program that dispatches mental health specialists and paramedics instead of police for certain nonviolent emergency calls has resulted in more people accepting assistance and fewer people sent to the hospital, early data shows.