Denver to expand Mental Health teams.

[pknopp]

Denver is expanding their mental health teams in addressing certain 9-11 calls.

Denver's Program to Dispatch Mental Health Teams Instead of Police is So Successful it is Expanding 5-Fold


Since June 2020, the Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) has deployed medical and behavioral health clinicians to respond to over 2,200 low risk calls reporting trespassing, intoxication, or mental health crises involving poverty, homelessness or addiction.

In all that time, STAR teams have never called for police back-up due to a safety issue, according to their January report.

This is what is meant by "defund the police". Sending people to address problems they are actually trained to address is a great idea.

 

[Ghost1776]

Mental health is being weaponized so severely it’s sickening.
It’s being used and abused, all the upside downs are being made true when it’s not.
You know these fkrs lie when they want to sell it off as well as pocket the money.

 

[1srelluc]

Denver is expanding their mental health teams in addressing certain 9-11 calls.

Denver's Program to Dispatch Mental Health Teams Instead of Police is So Successful it is Expanding 5-Fold


Since June 2020, the Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) has deployed medical and behavioral health clinicians to respond to over 2,200 low risk calls reporting trespassing, intoxication, or mental health crises involving poverty, homelessness or addiction.

In all that time, STAR teams have never called for police back-up due to a safety issue, according to their January report.

This is what is meant by "defund the police". Sending people to address problems they are actually trained to address is a great idea.

The bolded part, not the OP.

 

[Ghost1776]

Lmfao, these wanna be heroes won’t last long . You have to have a brain to even think of the reasons why.

 

[Ghost1776]

These dip shits can’t figure out this won’t happen yet because it’ hasn’t been around long enough and if you cant figure it out omg, they won’t tell you these ppl are getting shot because why DUUUUUUUHhhhhhhhhh, nobody will want the job.

You same morons said that 15 dollars an hr was a brilliant idea too bahhhahah we see how well that worked out.

 

[Ghost1776]

LOL here you can thumb this down too, obviously one who can’t handle a different opinion.
But we had ppl do and say the same things during the big fifteen dollar an hr. Debates lol.
We see who was right on that one and it’s gonna get a whole lot worse.

 

[pknopp]

LOL here you can thumb this down too, obviously one who can’t handle a different opinion.
But we had ppl do and say the same things during the big fifteen dollar an hr. Debates lol.
We see who was right on that one and it’s gonna get a whole lot worse.

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This is not a difference of opinion. As much as you want to whine, it's working and going to be expanded. You are not providing anything to counter those facts.

 

[PinktheFloyd88]

Awesome. Stop sending cops out to shoot the mentally ill. They need targetted and professional help.

 

[okfine]

Denver is expanding their mental health teams in addressing certain 9-11 calls.

Denver's Program to Dispatch Mental Health Teams Instead of Police is So Successful it is Expanding 5-Fold


Since June 2020, the Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) has deployed medical and behavioral health clinicians to respond to over 2,200 low risk calls reporting trespassing, intoxication, or mental health crises involving poverty, homelessness or addiction.

In all that time, STAR teams have never called for police back-up due to a safety issue, according to their January report.

This is what is meant by "defund the police". Sending people to address problems they are actually trained to address is a great idea.

In Santa Barbara the Sheriff's dept has a deputy and a crisis counselor unit. I have witnessed them in action and they are quite good.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Lmfao, these wanna be heroes won’t last long . You have to have a brain to even think of the reasons why.

I hope they are all gutted like rabbits.

 

[pknopp]

I hope they are all gutted like rabbits.

I can imagine you might need them one day.

 

[AMart]

Sounds like the 9-11 calls likely never needed to be made. Low risk calls.

 

[pknopp]

Sounds like the 9-11 calls likely never needed to be made. Low risk calls.

In some cases that might be true but they still need answered.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

I can imagine you might need them one day.

They are keeping dangerous crazies on the street. They need to experience the consequences of their actions.

 

[AMart]

In some cases that might be true but they still need answered.

That is for all cases. And no many do not need to be answered, just because someone calls 9-11 that does not equate to there must be a response. People call 9-11 because their pizza delivery never showed up.
"STAR responds to low risk calls where individuals are not in imminent risk."

This is not policing, more like babysitting.

 

[pknopp]

They are keeping dangerous crazies on the street. They need to experience the consequences of their actions.

There is no indication that anyone they addressed was dangerous.

 

[pknopp]

That is for all cases. And no many do not need to be answered, just because someone calls 9-11 that does not equate to there must be a response. People call 9-11 because their pizza delivery never showed up.
"STAR responds to low risk calls where individuals are not in imminent risk."

This is not policing, more like babysitting.

And?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

There is no indication that anyone they addressed was dangerous.

Then no assistance was required of anyone and no one was called to the scene. Hundreds if not thousands of people will be harmed by failing to deal with the mentally ill.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

And?

Then they need to ge charged for the service. Baby sitting is not a taxpayer funded perk.

 

[pknopp]

Then no assistance was required of anyone and no one was called to the scene. Hundreds if not thousands of people will be harmed by failing to deal with the mentally ill.

Not only does the article not note anyone was dangerous, it also does not note that people are not getting additional help.