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An NPR story in 2020 estimated that calls that could be classified as mental health-related or substance abuse account for as much as 20 percent of emergency calls to police nationwide.
Dizmang’s daughter, Kenda James, who is a paramedic herself, said she told her mother to call 911 for help for her father and advised her to explain that he was in a mental health crisis.
As a member of Congress, she had examined more than 100 lethal police encounters throughout the country and found that at least 40% involved a mental health crisis, she said.
Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old unemployed man, aspiring rapper and father of eight who was married in October 2020. He worked occasionally as an Uber Eats driver. [1] [2] According to family members and the family's attorney, Wallace suffered from mental illness, including bipolar disorder, and was taking lithium.
Miles Hall's death is one of many incidents in which individuals experiencing mental health crises have been killed by police. According to a report by the Treatment Advocacy Center, individuals with untreated mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed during a police encounter than individuals without mental illness. [20]
The Memphis Police Department joined in partnership with the Memphis Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), mental health providers, and two universities (University of Memphis and University of Tennessee) in organizing, training, and implementing a specialized unit. This new alliance was established to develop a more ...
In a news release, attorneys representing Lynch’s family said the city of Olathe and its police department had hindered the family’s attempts to learn more about the incident by refusing to ...
In most American cities, police have been responding to such calls and at least 25% of people killed in police encounters had been suffering from serious mental illness. [1] [2] [3] Many cities in the US and elsewhere have been considering and implementing implementing something like CAHOOTS. [3]