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From YouTube: ReImagining Public Safety - Community Spotlight: Chris
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Meet Chris: a writer, professor, & resident of Minneapolis. Chris shares a personal story on why he believes the BCR is an important new service.
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A
In
2019,
I
lost
one
of
my
closest
friends
to
Suicide
I
learned
of
his
death
from
an
email
that
he
sent
me
that
he
had
scheduled
to
go
out.
It
wasn't
immediately
clear
to
me
whether
or
not
he
was
actually
still
alive
or
not.
I
didn't
really
know
of
any
other
option
other
than
calling
the
police
in
a
situation
like
that
literally
every
second
counts,
and
have
that
moment
of
not
knowing
what
to
do
or
where
to
turn
to
is
a
truly
horrible
feeling.
A
When
I
learned
about
the
behavioral
crisis,
response
to
dispatch
mental
health
professionals
in
the
place
of
police
and
in
the
case
of
a
mental
health,
emergency
I
felt
strongly
that
this
was
something
people
needed
to
know
about,
because
I
don't
want
anyone
to
have
the
experience
that
I
had
I
one
day
hope
to
live
in
a
world
where
we
put
10
times
as
much
resources
into
supporting
people
before
crisis.
As
we
do
into
responding
to
crisis.