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CityCouncil | 2021-03-16 | 11 | survival in Alameda; expressed support for unbundling services; stated for someone who is experiencing a mental health crisis, it is better for a mental health crisis team to show up rather than an armed response team; urged Alameda Police Department (APD) Officers receive better training, including cultural diversity training; expressed support for a community-led Police Accountability and Oversight Board: Melodye Montgomery, Accountability and Oversight Subcommittee. Discussed her Subcommittee experience; stated Councilmembers have the power to take action and continue the work; outlined her experience with Police and moving to Alameda; stated that she has questioned the system she once believed in; public safety is not contingent on the Police force, but upon the condition of the community itself; marginalized communities are the most under-resourced; the community is best served when an investment is made in people, social services, housing, and community-based programs; urged Council take action and direct staff to create a mobile health crisis unit: Debra Mendoza, Unbundling Services Currently Delivered by the Police Department Subcommittee. Discussed her experience with mental health struggles, treatment programs and Police responses; stated that she was uncertain whether she was being arrested or hospitalized; her experience with a mobile crisis treatment team felt like a medical emergency, which could be improved with treatment; urged Council to stop the criminalization of mental illness and direct staff to being the process of creating a Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS) type model response team for mental health crisis calls: Beth Kenny, Unbundling Services Currently Delivered by the Police Department Subcommittee. Expressed support for unbundling of services and for the CAHOOTS program; urged de-escalation training be provided; stated that she wants her children to feel safe around APD; expressed support for the Civilian Oversight Board: Lelia Richardson, Alameda. Stated the matter has been of concern for a long time; expressed support for the recommendations provided; urged Council to direct staff to explore the opportunities around a department of racial equity and the Civilian Oversight Board; discussed correspondence that he submitted to Council in December 2017; noted concerns previously raised related to oversight are being accounted for; stated a Crime Analyst can provide facts and regular oversight can provide a feeling of safety; discussed his experience with the Police Captain: Rasheed Shabazz, Alameda. Discussed the rise in justifying increasing funds for Police or law enforcement; public comments falsely equate community safety towards banded measures, such as increased enforcement; gave a statement from Asian Americans Advancing Justice; urged Alameda do a better job in: investing and facing its community, releasing statements publically condemning racially based acts of violence against Asian individuals and following verbal commitments with tangible action; stated that she would like a victims compensation fund, an increase in language accessibility or an offering of Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 11 March 16, 2021 | CityCouncil/2021-03-16.pdf |