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Ordinance committee sends DOJ-funded crisis intervention team program to public hearing
Summary
The Lawrence City Ordinance Committee voted to send a Department of Justice grant-funded crisis intervention team proposal — funding clinicians embedded in the police department — to a public hearing at full council.
The Lawrence City Ordinance Committee voted to send to the full council for a public hearing a Department of Justice grant to fund a crisis intervention team embedded in the Lawrence Police Department.
The grant, as described by Rosa Sheppard, director of support services for the Lawrence Police Department, “is for $240,000 and it is for 2, for 1 full time clinician and 1 part time clinician for about 2 years.” The committee’s vote was to order a public hearing so the full council can…
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