LA County Supervisor Leads Effort to Deescalate Controntations Between Deputies and Homeless (kabc.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) 1/23/178:38 PM

Los Angeles County is taking steps to double-down on its successful program dedicated to helping mentally-ill homeless people when they get into confrontations involving law enforcement officers. Los Angeles County Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Mark Ridley-Thomas co-authored a motion to increase the number of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department/Department of Mental Evaluation Teams (MET) from ten to 23. The motion was passed unanimously last week by the Board of Supervisors.

Barger says throwing mentally-ill homeless people behind bars ultimately makes it harder to get them into mental health treatment facilities later. This is because the mistrust they have of sheriff’s deputies increases with each incarceration.

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