NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher introduced a bill Thursday that would require the city to have social workers staffed in city police stations.
Local politicos gathered at the Malcolm Shabazz multi-purpose cultural center in Harlem on Thursday, May 16, to speak on the importance of placing social worker s in NYPD precincts.Getting arrested in NYC entails getting cuffed, fingerprinted, placed in a holding cell — and, soon, consulting with a social worker , should a new City Council bill becomes law.
Cities across the county, including New York City, have been experimenting with pilot programs that bring social and EMS workers into the field without police officers to assist during mental health emergencies. But under Bottcher’s legislation, the therapists would stay put in station houses, and possibly become part of the NYPD’s 19,000-member civilian staff working within the agency.Bottcher’s bill would require at least one social worker to be on staff at all times at every precinct.
“Just as NYC often utilizes mental health professionals along with first responders who are responsible for 911 calls, the integration of mental health professionals at police stations could play an important role in getting people the mental health care they need in a time of crisis,” Sharma, who is the co-founder and chief medical officer of Being Health, a mental health practice in Lower Manhattan, said.
One retired NYPD police officer is skeptical of programs such as B-HEARD and similar initiatives like the legislation Bottcher wants to pass.
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