Minneapolis Performance & Innovation Team

Improving service delivery using an inclusive design methodology and enhancing government systems through performance management within @CityMinneapolis

[Minneapolis Performance & Innovation Team @MplsInnovation]

Calling all #DesignThinking and #CommunityEngagement professional - @CityMinneapolis @MplsInnovation is seeking consultants to design unarmed #publicsafety pilots - Learn more here: https://t.co/sV7cIEhrnl

[City of Minneapolis @CityMinneapolis]

In a new RFP, the City seeks community engagement partners for unarmed public safety response pilots. https://t.co/yjQ9rlDvPS

[Minneapolis Performance & Innovation Team @MplsInnovation]

@MPR showcased the Behavioral Crisis Response in the @CityMinneapolis last week on @npratc
👏🏻 Conversation featured Candace Hanson @canopymhc and Brian Smith @MplsInnovation
📻 Listen to their conversation about the expansion of BCR with Emily Bright: https://t.co/jKWXJrLpdx

[Minneapolis Performance & Innovation Team @MplsInnovation]

Thank you @CitiesSafer for spotlighting our work to #reimagine #publicsafety beyond police by co-designing + implementing unarmed response pilots

S/O to our creative partners at #JuiceHouse for leading the #IAMMPLS awareness campaign behind this story

[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

[Minneapolis Performance & Innovation Team @MplsInnovation]

@MelanieEng8 @CrimeWatchMpls Learn more about the BCR on the City's website: https://t.co/5jwAGw2qyD

[Minneapolis Performance & Innovation Team @MplsInnovation]

Key measures for Behavioral Crisis Response (BCR) from Dec 12 '21 to June 30 '22:
✅ Ave response rate ≈114 calls/week
✅ Responded to +3,300 incidents total
✅ Served entire City
✅ Operations increased to 24hr M-F & 9a-4p weekends (as of April)
Watch: https://t.co/9suUgaGbhD

[KARE 11 @kare11]

After nine months, unarmed teams of mental health professionals seem to have found their place working alongside police. The two teams have responded to more than 3,300 calls with no injuries. https://t.co/3Xn5SQs7my

[KARE 11 @kare11]

After nine months, unarmed teams of mental health professionals seem to have found their place working alongside police. The two teams have responded to more than 3,300 calls with no injuries. https://t.co/3Xn5SQs7my

[Axios @axios]

Unarmed mental health professionals responded to more than 3,300 911 calls in Minneapolis over the first six months of a pilot program meant to reduce the need for police or ambulances for people experiencing mental health crises. https://t.co/np9iN9ouLS

[Minneapolis Performance & Innovation Team @MplsInnovation]

ICYMI - We presented an update on the Behavioral Crisis Response (BCR) pilot with @canopymhc - you can learn more about:
⚕️ BCR team: https://t.co/MpU6qQnA70
💡 Unarmed response pilots: https://t.co/OXNFASrzTM
Thank you @axios Twin Cities
#IAMMPLS #AxiosLocal

[Axios @axios]

Unarmed mental health professionals responded to more than 3,300 911 calls in Minneapolis over the first six months of a pilot program meant to reduce the need for police or ambulances for people experiencing mental health crises. https://t.co/np9iN9ouLS

[City of Minneapolis @CityMinneapolis]

Next Step supports victims of violent injuries at Abbott, HCMC & North Memorial. They provide resources for job training, employment, mental health services, food, transportation, clothing, hygiene & more. Learn more: https://t.co/NCfBOoPmdq

[City of Minneapolis @CityMinneapolis]

Next Step is our hospital-based violent injury support program for youth at Abbott, HCMC, North Memorial. They support victims with bedside intervention and resources. Learn more about the City’s violence prevention programs: https://t.co/NCfBOoPmdq

[City of Minneapolis @CityMinneapolis]

The MinneapolUs Violence Interrupters staff are from the neighborhoods they serve. They use mediation & conflict resolution methods modeled after Cure Violence Global to help to de-escalate violence in the city. #IAMMPLS Learn more: https://t.co/NCfBOoPmdq

[City of Minneapolis @CityMinneapolis]

Meet Muhammad, a MinneapolUs Violence Interrupter. The Interrupters are a group of outreach workers who canvass the City's high-crime neighborhoods to de-escalate violence and provide resources to community members. #IAMMPLS
Learn more: https://t.co/NCfBOoxKOQ

[City of Minneapolis @CityMinneapolis]

Learn all about the Office of Violence Prevention & their key community-focused programs. #IAMMPLS
Learn more: https://t.co/NCfBOoPmdq

[City of Minneapolis @CityMinneapolis]

The Office of Violence Prevention is reimagining public safety through a community-focused, public health approach - helping to break the cycle of violence. Learn more: https://t.co/NCfBOoPmdq #IAMMPLS

[City of Minneapolis @CityMinneapolis]

Learn more about your city's newest first responders who specialize in mental health situations. https://t.co/Hzef06i8XK

[City of Minneapolis @CityMinneapolis]

Meet Shamso, a Behavioral Crisis Responder. BCR is a new team of first responders who handle emergency, nonviolent mental health situations through the 911 system. BCR is an unarmed public safety pilot operating 24 hours/day, Monday to Friday. #IAMMPLS
https://t.co/Hzef06i8XK

[City of Minneapolis @CityMinneapolis]

311 is the front desk for the City, now available to help you with non-emergency police reports. #IAMMPLS Learn more at: https://t.co/Hzef06i8XK

[Minneapolis Performance & Innovation Team @MplsInnovation]

Learn all about how our office is leading the @CityMinneapolis to #ReimaginePublicSafety by launching a series of unarmed response teams
#IAMMPLS

[City of Minneapolis @CityMinneapolis]

Have you heard about our new pilot programs, co-designed with community to create alternative responses to police? Together, we’re reimagining public safety. https://t.co/Hzef06i8XK

[Minneapolis Performance & Innovation Team @MplsInnovation]

Watch the latest report about unarmed public safety pilots from @MplsInnovation to @CityMinneapolis Council: https://t.co/uT7F4YOnhl

[Minneapolis Performance & Innovation Team @MplsInnovation]

"[BCR responders] were so calm, so in control and when they got onto the porch with [the person in crisis], they knelt down to where he was,” said @CityMinneapolis resident to @WCCO about her experience calling 911 for behavioral crisis support.

Watch: https://t.co/2dAQoYgNz6

[Minneapolis Performance & Innovation Team @MplsInnovation]

Learn more about the Behavioral Crisis Response (BCR) team: https://t.co/ZRZR8i9JX3