It Could Be Effective

But will they have sensible safeguards in place to protect these teams if they are dealing with potentially dangerous individuals? If they do, I bet that will remain unmentioned in the mass media.

San Francisco is preparing to deploy new unarmed mobile units comprised of paramedics, peer support counselors and mental health professionals — not police officers — to respond to most calls for people in psychiatric or substance abuse crises.https://t.co/qb4WYm6r0C

— NPR (@NPR) October 28, 2020