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Alameda City Council approves sweeping changes to 911 response
KTVU s Emma Goss reports.
ALAMEDA, Calif. - The Alameda City Council has approved sweeping reforms to how the city responds to certain 911 calls, voting to redirect some calls to resources that might not require armed officers.
The changes came Saturday in a special meeting held over Zoom, almost three weeks after 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez died after he was restrained by three Alameda police officers on April 19.
The council and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft agreed Saturday they must move quickly to implement short-term and long-term changes.
Decided in a vote of 4 to 1, the council is moving forward with plans for the city to design and budget for a pilot program that they want ready by the end of June. The goal is to bring well-trained mental health officers, not armed police. to respond to certain 911 calls, and include a compendium of all mental health resources currently available to the police department.