To Promote Health Equity, States Must Restrict Police Intervention in Mobile Crisis Response
The implementation of 988, a national mental health crisis hotline, should center non-police responses to behavioral health emergencies.
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Read more: Research and Regulation of Less-Lethal Projectiles Critically Needed Research and Regulation of Less-Lethal Projectiles Critically Needed
To protect human rights and civil liberties, we must better understand and regulate projectiles, which are dangerous and poorly studied weapons.
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Read more: The Case for Non-Police Response to Behavioral Health Crises The Case for Non-Police Response to Behavioral Health Crises
Despite being both feasible and effective, alternatives to police intervention for behavioral health crises remain the exception, rather than the rule.
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Read more: Police Should Not Be Enforcing Emergency Public Health Orders Police Should Not Be Enforcing Emergency Public Health Orders
State and local governments face twin crises: halting the spread of COVID-19 and grappling with the systemic racism of American policing.
