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The
pilot
initiative
will
dedicate
co-response
cars
to
calls
likely
to
have
a
mental
health
concern
so
that
we
are
making
these
mental
health
teams
available
for
the
calls
that
would
benefit
from
their
presence.
The
most
this
aspect
of
the
pilot
begins
in
october
in
boston,
police
districts,
a1
and
b2,
representing
downtown
charlestown
and
roxbury
neighborhoods.
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The
second
component
is
an
alternative
response.
This
is
for
mental
health,
calls
to
9-1-1
that
do
not
pose
a
risk
of
violence.
The
alternative
response
teams
will
pair
emergency
medical
technicians
or
emts
with
mental
health
workers.
This
approach
does
not
involve
police
officers
and
has
been
implemented
in
cities
across
the
country.
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The
third
component,
which
emerged
from
our
community
listening
sessions,
consists
of
community-led
responses
to
mental
health
crises.
These
responses
will
be
led
by
trained
community
members,
together
with
the
communities
that
they
serve
in
september.
We
will
open
a
request,
a
request
for
proposals
for
a
facilitator
who
will
begin
the
community
process
in
december
and
each
approach
we
are
investing
in
training
for
our
9-1-1
call
takers
to
improve
their
ability
to
recognize
behavioral
health
calls
and
determine
the
appropriate
response.
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We
recognize
that
a
crisis
doesn't
just
affect
one
individual,
it
touches
their
loved
ones
and
their
communities
too.
That
is
why
this
effort
to
improve
the
911
response
to
mental
health
crises
is
just
part
of
the
broader
work
to
strengthen
our
mental
health
system
and
part
of
the
broader
work
to
promote
equitable
policing
and
public
safety.
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Redirecting
police
officers
from
mental
health
calls
allows
them
to
tackle
and
stay
focused
on
violent
crimes.
Today,
I
am
encouraged
that
homicides
are
down
40
percent
this
year
compared
to
this
time.
Last
year,
fatal
shootings
are
down
58
percent
versus
this
time
last
year
and
non-fatal
shootings
are
down
17
percent.
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While
cases
have
riven
over
the
past
few
weeks,
our
hospital
capacity
remains
strong
compared
to
the
peak
of
the
pandemic.
In
2020.,
as
of
wednesday
august
4th,
we
have
seen
eleven
hundred
and
sixty
six
new
cases
in
a
two
week
period
for
a
total
of
seventy
two
thousand
eight
hundred
and
twenty
five.
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We
are
nowhere
near
needing
to
create
additional
hospital
spaces,
and
that
is
good
news,
but
on
monday
august
2nd,
the
seven-day
average
of
hot
adult
hospitalizations
was
48
and,
as
of
that
same
day,
boston
hospitals
were
reporting
a
seven-day
average
of
88
percent
occupancy
and
non-surgical
adult
icu
beds.
My
team
continues
to
monitor
the
data
with
a
focus
on
getting
residents
vaccinated.
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We
are
working
hard
and
successfully
increasing
vaccination
rates
in
every
neighborhood.
We've
implemented
a
mass
mandate
for
our
schools,
and
now
we
are
working
with
our
municipal
unions
toward
a
vaccine
mandate
for
our
city
workers.
We
will
continue
to
follow
the
science
and
the
data
to
protect
every
resident
in
boston.
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Covid19
is
a
public
health
issue
and
the
response
should
involve
the
entire
public.
We
must
all
do
our
part
to
fight
the
pandemic.
Getting
a
vaccine
is
the
best
way
to
protect
ourselves
and
our
loved
ones
and
our
communities
from
this
deadly
vax
virus.
I
want
to
say
that
again,
getting
the
vaccine
is
the
best
way
to
protect
ourselves
from
this
deadly
virus.
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Brenda
caselias
is
leading
our
school
district.
As
you
know,
her
license
has
expired.
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Well,
as
you
may
know,
we
have
18
000
employees
here
working
for
the
city
of
boston.
Ninety
percent
of
our
employees
are
unionized.
We
are
taking
a
very
worker-centered
approach
and
a
collaborative
approach
working
with
our
workforce,
working
with
the
labor
leaders
who
represent
them
working
obviously
with
our
department,
heads
and
our
cabinet
chiefs.
We
have
done
the
outreach
and
the
calls
and
the
response
has
been
positive.
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Some
of
our
departments
have
tracked
that
and
others
haven't.
We
know
that
many
of
our
workers
have
taken
advantage
of
the
priority
clinics,
which
is
the
good
news
here,
and
so
we
will
continue
to
build
upon
that
foundation
to
make
sure
we
have
systems
in
place
that
not
only
track
the
vaccination
records
but
offer
testing
for
those
who
are
not
able
to
get
the
vaccine.
Yes,.
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Yes,
I
am
deeply
committed
to
accountability
and
transparency,
and
this
issue
underscores
the
importance
of
that
office.
We
need
to
continue
to
build
up
the
staff
for
that
office
and
make
sure
that
the
the
boards
of
that
office
are
also
in
place.
Records
will
be
released.
We
will
continue
to
release
internal
affair
files
as
we
do
so.
I
want
to
remind
you
that
we
will
always
always
protect
the
identities
of
survivors
and
victims
in
this
case,
and
we
do
not
want
to
do
anything
that
would
jeopardize
new
victims
in
the
future
from
coming
forward.
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We
need
to
have
a
rigorous
testing
program
in
place
to
make
sure
if
there
are
any
unvaccinated
employees
due
to
religious
beliefs
or
other
items
that
we
continue
to
protect
our
workforce.
The
goal,
however,
is
to
get
all
of
our
city
workers
vaccinated.
That
again
is
the
best
protection
against
this
deadly
virus,
and
the
delta
variant
is
not
to
be
played
with
at
this
point.
What
we
see
is
there
are
two
options
we
can
get
vaccinated
or
we
can
run
the
risk
of
contracting
covid.
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So
I
I
want
to
make
clear
that
the
investment
of
1.75
million
dollars
is
not
going
to
the
police
budget.
This
is
a
way
of
reallocating
funds
and
making
sure
that
we
are
responding
with
public
health
challenges
with
a
public
health
response,
and
so-
and
I
would
add
that
this
this
will
not
increase
over
time
in
any
way.
Thank
you.
So
much.