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Committee reads resolution asking city to work with LEAP on call‑for‑service analysis for mental‑health responses
Summary
A resolution urging Wilmington administration to coordinate with Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) to conduct a call‑for‑service analysis to inform the city’s mental‑health response strategies was read at the Public Safety Committee on June 9 and scheduled for full council review June 18.
The Wilmington Public Safety Committee on June 9 read a resolution requesting that the city administration cooperate with the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) to conduct a call‑for‑service analysis intended to inform the city’s mental‑health response strategies.
Councilmember Raven Darby is the resolution sponsor. Committee chair Yolanda McCoy read the resolution synopsis at the meeting and advised members that the item will be placed on the full City Council agenda for June 18 for consideration.
The resolution requests that the administration and the Wilmington Police Department provide data necessary for LEAP to complete a call‑for‑service analysis, described by the committee as the first phase in assessing local demand for community response teams. Committee members noted the item is time sensitive and that there will not be another committee hearing before the council meeting.
No committee vote was taken on the resolution; the committee read the item into the record and scheduled it for full Council consideration on June 18.
