Serious Questions After Fatal Shooting of 66-Year-Old Woman in the Bronx
While details are still emerging, we are concerned about the fatal shooting of what has been described in the press as an emotionally distressed woman.
Last year the NYPD began training Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) to respond in a humane and appropriate way to people experiencing emotional distress. The NYPD agreed to train 5,000 officers. We called on them to train more. These types of incidents escalate way too often and the results are too often tragic. We need to do more to prevent these senseless deaths.
In 2015, Steve Coe and Community Access were instrumental in getting the NYPD to implement Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training of 5,500 NYPD officers. Because of this advocacy, NYC policymakers agreed to create two diversion centers this year where the NYPD can bring people experiencing psychiatric distress, keeping them out of jails and hospitals. Our longer-term goal is to expand CIT training to 10,000 NYC police officers.
- More information on www.twitter.com/ca_nyc
- Metro New York article with statement from Community Access
- AM New York article, with Carla Rabinowitz interview
Thursday, 20 October 2016