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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.
A handful of people gathered in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza near the Arizona Capitol in downtown Phoenix on Wednesday to call for police reform in the wake of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin being convicted of murdering George Floyd last year.
Janelle Wood, a local organizer and founder of Black Mothers Forum, said that she s glad Chauvin was convicted on all charges, but that is not enough. What we had was a piece of justice, but it s not fully justice, it s accountability, Wood said. But who was it that held him accountable? It was the community, the jurors, the citizens.
More than 75 people gathered in downtown Phoenix on Thursday evening to protest recent police killings across the country and call for police reform.
Organizer Jacob Raiford spoke to the gathering, invited attendees to speak and led a small march around the Phoenix City Council chambers. No law enforcement officers were present, although a drone sometimes hovered overhead. We’re here to talk about the next step in terms of addressing disproportionate treatment against the Black and brown community and the police culture, Raiford told The Arizona Republic before the event began. It’s getting people in a specific place, having that dialogue, creating that energy and channeling that momentum toward . change.
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