Safer Cities

A new look at public safety.

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

NEW POLL: Broad bipartisan support for Quick Response Teams, experts trained to prevent overdose deaths.
https://t.co/XAr53xbNLd

[Mayor Tim Keller @MayorKeller]

.@cabqacs is setting an example for community safety across the nation. We are grateful for all of their hard work here in our city.

#OneAlbuquerque

[CABQACS @cabqacs]

A new poll conducted by Safer Cities reveals broad bipartisan support for community safety units. They spoke with voters across the country, using ACS as an example.
Read the results here: https://t.co/LXkklYYYpl
#firstresponders #CommunitySafety #OneAlbuquerque #ACS #CABQACS

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

NEW POLL: Community Responder Units--unarmed public safety officials who respond to minor injuries, abandoned vehicles, non-injury accidents, needle pickups, or other calls for service in the community--get broad bipartisan support

https://t.co/5pEZj4EsH2

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

Columbus, Ohio's “911 Right Response Unit”, which deploys social workers and paramedics to mental health calls for service, “took 1,300 calls ... in its first year of operation and “saved police hundreds of hours of manpower.”

https://t.co/MYsOMUi45Q

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

NEW: 4-in-5 voters support creating Addiction Stabilization Units - specialized care centers inside of hospitals that provide comprehensive medical care to patients experiencing an overdose, as well as connecting them with social services like housing.

https://t.co/BkEgAe5XwU

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

NEW POLL: Voters overwhelmingly support Civilian Transit Security Ambassadors - highly visible, uniformed units that help keep watch over city trains, bus lines and transit centers https://t.co/J60R9lyuOh

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

NEW: There’s an emerging bipartisan political consensus that cities need to get Narcan—a life-saving drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose—into the hands of as many people as can responsibly administer it. https://t.co/cVffsfrtkT

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

NEW: What’s in a name? "Overdose prevention centers" are more popular than "safe injection sites" or "safe consumption sites"—even though those are just different names for the same thing.

https://t.co/6dcADVuf1F

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

NEW: Across the country, cities and counties are introducing non-law enforcement responders to address an array of situations. Our new poll finds overwhelming bipartisan support for a style of program getting new attention: unarmed security ambassadors.

https://t.co/quD7ZgoLHP

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

NEW: Minneapolis is further along than nearly any other city in reimagining public safety—having added a range of new unarmed public safety responders and related services, which collectively are shifting the city’s public safety ecosystem. https://t.co/tImHJBLhjE

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

NEW: Oregon is the first state to be approved for Medicaid reimbursement for mobile crisis response services. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services “strongly encourages other states to follow Oregon’s model…”
https://t.co/gLiMAov0m2

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

NEW: As opioid deaths reach historic highs around the country, promising new overdose prevention programs are taking shape—and federal funds and opioid litigation settlement dollars could help launch more of them.
https://t.co/DKdRS0UxLc

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

“This is about which expert should respond to a 911 call," an official said about a Texas county's new mobile crisis response team of healthcare experts sent to calls related to mental health. "We are sending the right experts to solve the right problems” https://t.co/cJp0JPsxKO

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

NEW: Poll finds a majority of voters want more funding for Community Violence Intervention-trained community experts who intervene in conflicts to stop violence before it happens-and prefer CVI over increasing law enforcement to prevent gun violence

https://t.co/Lflx5ATqk4

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

"Providing [mobile crisis response teams] has been a win-win for clients and emergency personnel, not only freeing up law enforcement, but emergency medical providers who might have otherwise been dispatched to nonviolent, nonmedical emergencies."
https://t.co/j73l1w3sw8

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

NEW: Mobile crisis response units have transformed from theoretical idea to functioning program in cities across the country. Here are key findings from a new national survey that capture the widespread public support these programs continue to enjoy:

https://t.co/EYpDV49AUQ

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

NEW: Mental health crises have risen significantly on college campuses over the past decade. That’s why a number of universities are launching mobile crisis outreach teams, led by mental health experts, to serve as first responders for students in crisis.

https://t.co/vHFHys5jo9

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

@davechokshi @ONDCP Great thread. We highlighted the study (and this thread) in our weekly newsletter:
https://t.co/529BhpBotd

[Safer Cities @CitiesSafer]

@BillingsEcon @jenniferdoleac @KSchnepel The graph and the slides are so good we highlighted them in our newsletter this week.
https://t.co/529BhpBotd