LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · Oct 27 📝MAIN FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS 🔎Finding: LAPD *requires* an armed, police-first response to mental health related calls, led by patrol units. 👉Recommendation: LAPD should revise its policy to allow SMART units to lead mental health related calls which don’t involve weapons.
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🔎Finding: SMART’s focus is (1) relieving patrol officers from mental health calls; (2) involuntary mental health detentions 👉Recs: (1) LAPD should find ways to measure SMART's impact on mental health calls; (2) Clinicians’ role should be re-evaluated to be used in more ways.