Public Safety & Criminal Justice and Public Health, Homelessness, & Recovery on November 18, 2025

Boston City Council Committee on Public Health, Homelessness, and Recovery (joint with Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice) · November 18, 2025

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Chair John Fitzgerald (Boston City Councilor, District 3) opened the joint hearing, explained livestream and written comment procedures, and said public testimony will be at the end with two minutes per speaker. He gave committee contact emails and noted the hearing was recorded and streamed.

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A Boston City Council joint committee hearing reviewed three Massachusetts Department of Mental Health grants totaling $362,809.86 to support Boston Police Department crisis-intervention training, a full‑time recovery/peer specialist, and overtime/backfill for officers to attend training; councilors questioned staff about training reach, metrics, and sustainability.

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