Breed s proposed budget for 2021-2023, which she will submit to the Board of Supervisors on June 1, will include $9.6 million for five SWRT teams over two years.
If the funding is approved, which could happen at the end of July, the SWRT will deploy at least one team by January 2022, and build five teams by April 2022. Many calls to 911 or 311 about someone who appears to need help on our streets don t require an armed police response, and often the services and care people need would be best provided by a paramedic or outreach worker instead of a police officer, Breed said.