Vote Nevada Supporters,
We had a really good conversation with Captain Timothy Hatchett from the Bolden Area Command at our Mental and Behavioral Health Committee meeting this past Tuesday. The captain graciously agreed to record the meeting for anyone who couldn’t attend. So, you can watch it here: https://vote-nevada.news/Captain-Hatchett-Presentation
You can follow the Bolden Area Command’s community outreach efforts here: https://www.facebook.com/BACLVMPD
Captain Hatchett mentioned Salt Lake City as a model for how to improve police interactions with people who are experiencing mental health issues. Here are some resources on Salt Lake City’s program:
http://www.slcpd.com/2021/12/01/slcpd-hires-full-time-police-mental-health-clinician/
https://www.theiacp.org/sites/default/files/LE-MH-Learning-Sites_Salt-Lake-CityUT.pdf
Ultimately, we need a mental health system that provides early interventions and preventative care instead of waiting until someone is in a crisis before offering treatment. Until then, we must provide law enforcement with the training, support, and counseling needed to ensure our jails and prisons are no longer Nevada’s largest mental health treatment providers.
Please join us this Saturday, 1/22, 9-10:30 am, via Zoom, for our interim issue advocacy training session. Interim committees started meeting this week, so now is the time to be heard. We will also review how the governor’s budget is built and ways to influence that process. You can RSVP here: https://vote-nevada.news/Advocacy
Finally, a new brief has been filed in the lawsuit challenging the redistricting maps. You can read it here: https://vote-nevada.news/Redistricting-Lawsuit-Update
Thank you for being Nevadans with me,
Sondra
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