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Advocates press commission for answers after officer-involved shootings; mental‑health hearing set
Summary
Community members told the commission they want independent investigations and better crisis‑intervention training after several shootings involving people with mental illness. The commission scheduled a meeting on Jan. 20 and promised a later public hearing to review training and community input.
Community advocates used the Jan. 12 public‑comment period to press the Police Commission for accountability after a string of officer‑involved shootings in late 2010 and early 2011.
Bob Offer Westort, speaking for a coalition that included the Mental Health Association, Public Defender’s Office and Coalition on Homelessness, urged accountability and said his groups were preparing to request an independent external investigation because a recently elected district attorney (the former…
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