Q&A
Council Member Salaam questions CIT training evaluation and 911 to 988 transfers
3:01:27
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Council Member Yusef Salaam inquires about the evaluation of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training effectiveness and the feasibility of implementing 911 to 988 transfers for mental health crisis calls.
- NYPD Chief of Training Olufunmilola Obe states they don't track individual officers' success rates with incidents they respond to.
- Deputy Executive Director Laquisha Grant from the Mayor's Office of Community Mental Health confirms they are committed to exploring 911 to 988 transfer possibilities, noting that some jurisdictions are already looking into this.
Yusef Salaam
3:01:27
Thank you.
3:01:29
Just two questions.
3:01:31
One is, How does the NYPD evaluate the success of CIT training?
3:01:36
For example, do officers with CIT training have lower rates of use of force, higher rates of voluntary compliance?
Olufunmilola Obe
3:01:45
We don't win on track our offices and success rates with incidents that they respond to.
Yusef Salaam
3:01:58
Okay.
3:01:59
So it was said that all 911 calls receive an emergency spots.
3:02:04
My question is, is it feasible and would it be beneficial to have 911 to 988 transfers?
3:02:12
Do you have operational concerns?
Laquisha Grant
3:02:17
We know that a lot of drastic that some jurisdictions, I won't say a lot yet across the country are looking at sort of interoperability or ways to connect 911 to 988, and that is something that we are also committed to exploring.
