The death of Herman Whitfield III in police custody has renewed calls for IMPD to stop sending officers to incidents involving people suffering a mental health or addiction crisis.
WFYI spoke with Josh Riddick, an organizer with Faith in Indianas Black Church Coalition initiative, about what community leaders say should happen next after a man who was having a mental health crisis was tased by an IMPD officer and died.
Following the death of an Indianapolis man who was in police custody, faith leaders want city leaders to improve the city's Mobile Crisis Assistance Team (MCAT) program.