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The Community Assistance Program, a civilian-only program that responds to mental health and behavioral calls, is set for a $15 million expansion following the approval of Phoenix s 2021-22 fiscal budget last week.
The program, run under the fire department, has sparked criticism from community members who are calling for CAP to be removed and a different independent crisis response unit to be implemented instead.
CAP has been active for decades, and according to the city of Phoenix website, is committed to providing the highest level of on-scene crisis intervention and victim assistance for our community.
The program has stayed relatively small throughout the years, and Mayor Kate Gallego said that with the increase in behavioral health calls to 911, there was a consensus to modernize behavioral health responses.
Counselors over Cops group rallies for change in Fayette County Public Schools
By: Katherine Collins
and last updated 2021-05-19 23:15:14-04
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â A group of Fayette County Public School students rallied outside the old school board building Wednesday to call on the district to reduce the number of officers in schools.
Bryan Station senior Benajmin Shapere said that officers in schools do not make students feel safer. Shapere is also a member of the group Counselors over Cops. It s kind of like they re an occupying entity in our schools, Shapere said.
Instead, Shapere recommended that schools put more resources into counseling and mental health services.
How brands and social media platforms benefit from activism and trauma
Viral violent videos have become tools for change, but the footage can also affect our mental health By Radheyan Simonpillai
May 20, 2021
Trigger warning: Tuesday, May 25 is the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, which was recorded by then 17-year-old Darnella Frazier on her cellphone. That devastating 10-minute video would circulate online and instigate a global movement.
“We would not have seen the extent of support for #BlackLivesMatter had that video not been taken and had that form of witnessing not been possible,” says University of Toronto’s Megan Boler. She is professor in the Social Justice Education department and co-editor of the book, Affective Politics Of Digital Media: Propaganda By Other Means. She connects the response to the video of George Floyd’s murder to the 1991 video of Los Angeles police attacking Rodney King. “There’s a long history of this kind of w