Police shouldn't handle mental health calls. Reform is critical for public safety.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Such tools can help law enforcement better tailor their responses to people in crisis.
53% : It also provides that same information to law enforcement, priming them and giving context to a situation before they arrive on the scene.
48% : And when crises do occur, we should have appropriate responses that do not rely solely on law enforcement.
42% : A week in a classroom is simply not enough to prepare law enforcement for managing a problem as complex as mental illness, especially considering the types of high-adrenaline, and often violent, situations that police officers must deal with on a regular basis.
41% : Law enforcement should be focused on preventing and solving serious crime, and are often not sufficiently trained and equipped to respond to crisis situations involving people suffering a mental health emergency.

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