Davis Residents:
it is Time for the nine!
An Update on the City's Progress
In the wake of the brutal murder of George Floyd and countless other BIPOC at the hands of police officers, Davis residents flooded City Council meetings with hours of public comment asking Council to re-evaluate the role of police in our city and consider how to prevent harm.
In response, the Davis City Council asked 3 city commissions, called the Temporary Joint Subcommittee (TJS), to identify and recommend community health and safety improvements that could be implemented in Davis. The TJS recommended nine common sense solutions that could be implemented to make Davis a safer place for everyone!
The Nine Recommendations:
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Davis Residents:
it is Time for the nine!
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Recommendation #1
Eliminate racial disparities in stops, charges, and arrests by Davis PD
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Over the last 5 years, Black Davis residents have been arrested at 5 times the rate of white Davis residents. Black and Hispanic people are stopped, searched, and arrested at rates disproportionate to their share of the Davis population and are given more charges at time of arrest. These rates are worse than national averages! We need a transparent investigation into why these disparities exist and a concrete action plan to address the causes. Davis should be a community where all feel welcome and safe!
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It’s #TimeForTheNine! Three commissions and hundreds of residents AGREE, Davis City Council needs to ADOPT and IMPLEMENT the 9 Recommendations for Reimagining Public Safety. We’re calling on our City Council Members to APPROVE an IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE of these solutions immediately. #DavisNine
Everyone in our community deserves safety.
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@gloriacityofdavis, @LucasForCityCouncil, @Carson4Council, @TeamWillArnold, @JoshChapman4CityCouncil2020
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Recommendation #2
Enforce a restrained Use of Force Policy
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While DPD has taken steps to meet the standards set out by the 8 Can’t Wait reforms on use of force policies, there is still plenty of room to elevate their practices. Having clearly defined policies on de-escalation usage and more restrictive guidelines for the use of deadly force will keep both officers and community members safer.
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It’s #TimeForTheNine! Three commissions and hundreds of residents AGREE, Davis City Council needs to ADOPT and IMPLEMENT the 9 Recommendations for Reimagining Public Safety. We’re calling on our City Council Members to APPROVE an IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE of these solutions immediately. #DavisNine
Everyone in our community deserves safety.
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@gloriacityofdavis, @LucasForCityCouncil, @Carson4Council, @TeamWillArnold, @JoshChapman4CityCouncil2020
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Recommendation #3
Evaluate DPD crisis intervention, implicit bias, &
de-escalation training for real-world effectiveness
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Academic studies have shown mixed results in the effectiveness of implicit bias training and de-escalation techniques on police behavior. Davis is lucky to have world-renowned scholars in their backyard who can aid the City in evaluating current DPD training. Let’s invest in what works!
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It’s #TimeForTheNine! Three commissions and hundreds of residents AGREE, Davis City Council needs to ADOPT and IMPLEMENT the 9 Recommendations for Reimagining Public Safety. We’re calling on our City Council Members to APPROVE an IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE of these solutions immediately. #DavisNine
Everyone in our community deserves safety.
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@gloriacityofdavis, @LucasForCityCouncil, @Carson4Council, @TeamWillArnold, @JoshChapman4CityCouncil2020
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Recommendation #4
Shift all non-violent service calls to unarmed personnel
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As a society, we ask our police officers to respond to a huge spectrum of situations - the majority of which are not violent. Relative to other municipalities in California and the United States, Davis is a low-crime city: only 4% of calls are violent. Many calls, such as code enforcement and parking violations, could safely be responded to by unarmed personnel. This would reduce the workload on police officers. It would also reduce interactions between armed officers and members of our community who have experienced generations of over-policing and racial bias.
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It’s #TimeForTheNine! Three commissions and hundreds of residents AGREE, Davis City Council needs to ADOPT and IMPLEMENT the 9 Recommendations for Reimagining Public Safety. We’re calling on our City Council Members to APPROVE an IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE of these solutions immediately. #DavisNine
Everyone in our community deserves safety.
Learn more at http://davis-public-safety.carrd.co/
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@gloriacityofdavis, @LucasForCityCouncil, @Carson4Council, @TeamWillArnold, @JoshChapman4CityCouncil2020
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Recommendation #5
Establish an ongoing confidential, public input process centering at-risk groups
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To truly improve public safety and police-community relations, everyone in the Davis community should have a way to provide input and share experiences without fear of retribution. The City needs to establish an ongoing, confidential public input process that centers communities of color, houseless communities, and other at-risk groups. Success should be measured with the goal of increasing trust between law enforcement and all sectors of our community.
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It’s #TimeForTheNine! Three commissions and hundreds of residents AGREE, Davis City Council needs to ADOPT and IMPLEMENT the 9 Recommendations for Reimagining Public Safety. We’re calling on our City Council Members to APPROVE an IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE of these solutions immediately. #DavisNine
Everyone in our community deserves safety.
Learn more at http://davis-public-safety.carrd.co/
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@gloriacityofdavis, @LucasForCityCouncil, @Carson4Council, @TeamWillArnold, @JoshChapman4CityCouncil2020
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Recommendation #6
De-prioritize, decriminalize, and offer restorative remedies for minor victimless offenses
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Restorative justice practices create a safer and more just community by addressing underlying issues. Involvement in the criminal justice system negatively impacts the trajectory of a person’s employment, housing, and relationships opportunities - even if the crime is minor and victimless. Our county jail has a 57% recidivism rate. There are alternatives for offenders of minor crimes to rehabilitate and re-enter society. Davis must partner with Yolo County to expand existing programs like drug court and mental health court and de-prioritize charging victimless crimes such as personal drug use.
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It’s #TimeForTheNine! Three commissions and hundreds of residents AGREE, Davis City Council needs to ADOPT and IMPLEMENT the 9 Recommendations for Reimagining Public Safety. We’re calling on our City Council Members to APPROVE an IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE of these solutions immediately. #DavisNine
Everyone in our community deserves safety.
Learn more at http://davis-public-safety.carrd.co/
and https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeoplePowerDavis
@gloriacityofdavis, @LucasForCityCouncil, @Carson4Council, @TeamWillArnold, @JoshChapman4CityCouncil2020
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Recommendation #7
Create a "Crisis Now" mobile crisis team system to respond to those experiencing a mental or behavioral crisis
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The City of Davis should immediately adopt a public health approach to community safety which would address root causes -in other words treat the disease not just the symptoms. This would prevent crises from arising by helping people get healthcare before a crisis. In the event of a crisis, this model would allow for management of the problem quickly and comprehensively, by trained mental and behavioral health personnel. Homelessness, mental illness, and substance use are increasing in California, Yolo County, and Davis. This increases funneling of people into either jails or emergency rooms, which have become the default care facilities. This is dangerous and unethical. At least 30% of all people killed by police since 2015 had mental health issues.
It is time to build an emergency response structure specific to behavioral health. Responding to a person in crisis is often complex and best done by trained professionals with extensive backgrounds in mental health and substance use disorders. It is time for the “Crisis-Now Model” with: 1) unarmed mobile crisis teams, coordinating with police; 2) crisis receiving facilities; 3) crisis call centers; 4) community navigators to establish trust with at-risk individuals.
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It’s #TimeForTheNine! Three commissions and hundreds of residents AGREE, Davis City Council needs to ADOPT and IMPLEMENT the 9 Recommendations for Reimagining Public Safety. We’re calling on our City Council Members to APPROVE an IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE of these solutions immediately. #DavisNine
Everyone in our community deserves safety.
Learn more at http://davis-public-safety.carrd.co/
and https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeoplePowerDavis
@gloriacityofdavis, @LucasForCityCouncil, @Carson4Council, @TeamWillArnold, @JoshChapman4CityCouncil2020
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Recommendation #8
Expand Davis' community navigator workforce
in the Davis Emergency Shelter
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At-risk individuals benefit from strong relationships with people that can support them through follow-up stages. Community navigator programs build trust, remove barriers to access and increase follow-up through individualized case management and support. Navigators can monitor lines of communication and action, ensuring that clients and providers are aware of all actors involved in social services and healthcare provision.
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It’s #TimeForTheNine! Three commissions and hundreds of residents AGREE, Davis City Council needs to ADOPT and IMPLEMENT the 9 Recommendations for Reimagining Public Safety. We’re calling on our City Council Members to APPROVE an IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE of these solutions immediately. #DavisNine
Everyone in our community deserves safety.
Learn more at http://davis-public-safety.carrd.co/
and https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeoplePowerDavis
@gloriacityofdavis, @LucasForCityCouncil, @Carson4Council, @TeamWillArnold, @JoshChapman4CityCouncil2020
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Recommendation #9
Create an independent Safety Department that uses
a public health approach to issues of
racism, poverty, and public safety
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The final recommendation asks what organizational structures can: 1) best address the root causes of racial disparities in criminal justice that have harmed so many families and 2) manage evidence-based prevention and early crisis intervention for those suffering mental illness, homelessness, and substance use disorders? The skills of a public health approach are outside the expertise of the current policing culture. The Joint Subcommittee recommends either a new department to coordinate social services or a new umbrella public safety structure of which police is one component. In either case, the culture of armed law enforcement would be separate from behavioral health services.
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It’s #TimeForTheNine! Three commissions and hundreds of residents AGREE, Davis City Council needs to ADOPT and IMPLEMENT the 9 Recommendations for Reimagining Public Safety. We’re calling on our City Council Members to APPROVE an IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE of these solutions immediately. #DavisNine
Everyone in our community deserves safety.
Learn more at http://davis-public-safety.carrd.co/
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@gloriacityofdavis, @LucasForCityCouncil, @Carson4Council, @TeamWillArnold, @JoshChapman4CityCouncil2020
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Time for the nine
Implement the 9 Common Sense Safety Recommendations from the Temporary Joint Subcommittee Report
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In the wake of the brutal murder of George Floyd and countless other BIPOC at the hands of police officers, Davis residents flooded City Council meetings with hours of public comment asking Council to re-evaluate the role of police in our city and consider how to prevent harm.
In response, the City Council asked three city commissions, called the Temporary Joint Subcommittee (TJS), to identify and recommend community health and safety improvements that could be implemented in Davis. The TJS recommended nine common sense solutions that could be implemented to make Davis a safer place for everyone!
The Nine Recommendations are:
Eliminate racial disparities in stops, charges, and arrests by Davis PD
Enforce a restrained Use of Force Policy
Evaluate DPD crisis intervention, implicit bias, & de-escalation training for real-world effectiveness
Shift all non-violent service calls to unarmed personnel
Establish an ongoing confidential, public input process centering at-risk groups
De-prioritize, decriminalize, and offer restorative remedies for minor victimless offenses
Create a "Crisis Now" mobile crisis team system to respond to those experiencing a mental or behavioral crisis
Expand Davis' community navigator workforce in the Davis Emergency Shelter
Create an independent Safety Department using a public health approach to issues of racism, poverty, and public safety (This last recommendation is important because it helps accomplish all 8 other recommendations!)
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It’s #TimeForTheNine! Three commissions and hundreds of residents AGREE, Davis City Council needs to ADOPT and IMPLEMENT the 9 Recommendations for Reimagining Public Safety. We’re calling on our City Council Members to APPROVE an IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE of these solutions immediately. #DavisNine
Everyone in our community deserves safety.
Learn more at http://davis-public-safety.carrd.co/
and https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeoplePowerDavis
@gloriacityofdavis, @LucasForCityCouncil, @Carson4Council, @TeamWillArnold, @JoshChapman4CityCouncil2020
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Recommendation #1
Eliminate racial disparities in stops, charges, and arrests by Davis PD
commission report text:
"We [the TJS] recommend a detailed study of the determinants of racially disproportionate stops, arrests, and recommended charges in Davis, including an analysis of the relative contributions of potential bias in policing, potential bias in community reporting, and socioeconomic factors. This will likely require a regional analysis in partnership with agencies from Yolo County and surrounding counties."
In the US, Black people are 2.2x more likely to be arrested. In Davis however, the situation is much worse. Black Davis residents are 5x more likely to be arrested. Hispanic Davis residents are 1.4x more likely to be arrested.
Davis PD and Chief Pytel continue to say that this is because out-of-towners come to Davis to commit crimes. But the statistics above are of only Davis residents. Plus we think saying “out of town” is thinly veiled racist language anyhow (Davis is a nearly 60% white).
We know racism is a problem in Davis. We know police stop and search people of color (POC) in Davis more often than white people. We've seen the racially motivated 911 calls from last year and read the Nextdoor posts of racist incidents in Davis.
Its time our city acknowledged this harsh truth. DPD needs to stop making excuses. The City of Davis needs to take action to fix these huge racial disparities.
If we ever want to consider ourselves a welcoming and anti-racist community, we need to address disparities immediately. We aren’t safe until ALL our community members are safe.
It is Time for the Nine!
Please join us in our fight to get common sense, anti-racist community safety policies here in Davis!!
City Council will be hearing City Staff's report on these nine recommendations on April 6th!
Please make a public comment that Tuesday SUPPORTING these common sense, anti-racist policies!
Recommendation #2
Enforce a restrained Use of Force Policy
commission report text:
The TJS recommends "Specifying de-escalation techniques in more detail; Specifying the timetable for crisis intervention re-certification and de-escalation, procedural justice, and implicit bias re-training; Prohibiting the use of physical force in the case of fleeing subjects who have not committed a serious crime and do not pose an active threat; and Adopting more restrictive guidelines for the use of deadly force."
Not unlike all police departments across the nation, the Davis Police Department has become highly militarized with increasing displays of unnecessary force, despite the fact that Davis is a very low violent crime area.
Famously, the department obtained an Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected [MRAP] Vehicle using the federal 1033 military surplus program in 2014. Public outcries, which garnered national attention, caused the DPD to turn the vehicle over to nearby Woodland PD. However, the department did not have to return their supply of military rifles, body armor, riot helmets and other military gear they have amassed in recent years.
These gear are often deployed in situations which do not warrant this kind of aggressive force (like when police in full riot gear confronted peaceful BLM protesters last summer). This, coupled with increasing reliance on SWAT teams, sets a dangerous precedent.
For example, DPD responded just last summer to a simple burglary by an unarmed, unhoused person by sending out a city-wide emergency alert and shelter-in-place declaration, by dispatching 3 other agencies and specialized teams(Yolo County bomb squad personnel, West Sacramento PD, and SWAT) and deploying K9s to attack the suspect . The burglar, again, was unarmed and hiding in the ceiling yet DPD was unable to apprehend the person without a recruiting multiple agencies for a ludicrous and costly display of force.
DPD officers have also in recent years used unnecessary physical force when serving warrants, like in 2016 when Officer Bellamy (an officer known for his involvement in the Picnic Day 5 Incident) punched a suspect in the face despite his hands being up and not fleeing police.
These examples are just the tip of the iceberg and don’t even represent the many accounts of POC in our community who have expressed concern for DPDs use of force against themselves and their families.
Though these incidents may not represent the totality of DPD's interactions with community members, it is clear that there are glaring areas for improvement in the department’s policies and culture. Our use of force policies need to be strict and the department needs to cultivate a culture that makes clear that force is only to be used as a last resort. This is how we will cultivate true community safety which does not exclude anyone in our city.
It is Time for the Nine!
Please join us in our fight to get common sense, anti-racist community safety policies here in Davis!!
City Council will be hearing City Staff's report on these nine recommendations on April 6th!
Please make a public comment that Tuesday SUPPORTING these common sense, anti-racist policies!
Recommendation #3
Evaluate DPD crisis intervention, implicit bias, &
de-escalation training for real-world effectiveness
commission report text:
The TJS "encourage[s] exploring opportunities to partner with University of California, Davis researchers working on community development, racial equality, and other relevant issues."
The TJS "recommend[s] continuing to hold all of these trainings, but using rigorously designed evaluations to determine the enabling factors that would lead to lasting impact."
All DPD officers undergo 40 hours of Crisis Intervention Training (CIT). While we appreciate DPD’s willingness to incorporate this training, it is important to have honest conversations about whether these trainings produce the desired real-world results. DPD hasn’t evaluated the effectiveness of their training yet to demonstrate that it helps their officers to de-escalate and handle crisis situations more appropriately. And academic literature shows that effectiveness varies highly based on the quality of training and willingness of officers to learn.
CIT was first developed in collaboration between law enforcement agencies and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in 1988. The goals of CIT are improving an officer’s ability to:
1) Identify and appropriately respond to crisis situations through de-escalation and communication skills
2) Divert individuals away from the criminal justice system when possible
3) Help connect individuals to existing social services.
In theory, this training represents a good way to build officer empathy and strengthen de-escalation skills. Unfortunately, studies at various police departments across the U.S. do not consistently show that CIT training leads to decreased use of force, decreased officer or citizen injury, or decreased arrest rates for persons with mental illness. CIT does,however, increase officer's self-reported 1) satisfaction, 2) confidence, and 3) perception of their ability to avoid using force during incidents involving persons with mental illness.
On a more positive note, there is consistent evidence that CIT increases officer’s knowledge of mental illness and available mental health services. Plus, CIT-trained officers sometimes divert more persons with mental illness to referral services compared to their non-CIT trained counterparts. However, there is limited and inconclusive evidence that CIT reduces officer stigma against persons with mental illness.
Given this mixed bag of evidence, there is no guarantee that CIT is working here in Davis—even if there were the best intentions when integrating it into DPD training.
Davis PD often mentions that their department has undergone implicit bias training, yet we see incredibly high racial disparities in who they stop, search, and arrest—indicating that this training is not sufficient. This is unsurprising given that there is a growing body of evidence that implicit bias training is not effective in changing behavior.
A study done with NYPD found that implicit bias training had no effect on the racial disparities in stop, search, or arrest rates, meaning they too did not accomplish their basic goals.
"Even worse, there is consistent evidence that bias training done the ‘wrong way’ (think lukewarm diversity training) can actually have the opposite impact, inducing anger and frustration among white employees." Scientific American
Dr. Joshua Correll, psychology professor at University of Colorado Boulder, says "... implicit bias in officers displaces other kinds of training or gives a city an excuse to ignore factors that are external to policing. You don't need to intervene at the level of the individual [police officer's] brain. You need to intervene at the level of the culture."
For further reading on implicit bias, we recommend these additional articles:
• An academic critique of that particular training of SPARQ training, which DPD uses.
• The origins of implicit bias trainings
It is Time for the Nine!
Please join us in our fight to get common sense, anti-racist community safety policies here in Davis!!
City Council will be hearing City Staff's report on these nine recommendations on April 6th!
Please make a public comment that Tuesday SUPPORTING these common sense, anti-racist policies!
Recommendation #4
Shift all non-violent service calls to unarmed personnel
commission report text:
"We [the TJS] suggest that some service calls received by the DPD could be shifted to unarmed personnel outside the DPD without increasing risk to the community or to responders. The nuisance/code enforcement, minor traffic violations (to the extent permitted by State law), and property theft categories are the primary candidates for near-term diversion to unarmed responders, with mental health/welfare check calls a possible medium-term goal. Between 2015 and 2019, these four categories comprised 23.9% of service calls received by the DPD. Any such shifts would be led by considerations of both client and responder well-being."
It is Time for the Nine!
Please join us in our fight to get common sense, anti-racist community safety policies here in Davis!!
City Council will be hearing City Staff's report on these nine recommendations on April 6th!
Please send an email to City Council today and/or leave a voicemail public comment that Tuesday SUPPORTING these common sense, anti-racist policies!
Recommendation #5
Establish an ongoing confidential, public input process centering at-risk groups
commission report text:
"We [the TJS] the City establish an ongoing, condential public input process centering communities of color, the homeless, and other at-risk groups."
"We also recommend the City carry out an anonymous survey of police officers to solicit perspectives about their work, racial bias, and building stronger relationships with the community. We suggest that the City connect with two ongoing community input processes on race and policing, one by the local group Yolo People Power and the other by the University of California, Davis's Center for Healthcare Practices. As a broader trust-building measure, we also suggest demilitarizing the appearance of officers, for example through permitting more casual clothing when appropriate.
Over the summer the DPD has been asked multiple times about racial disparities in arrests, stops, or recommended charges for Davis residents of color (for example, at the Dec. 15 2020 City Council meeting [1]).
Each of these times presented an opportunity for the DPD to acknowledge their role in this systemic problem and to commit to doing everything in their power to remedy these blatant inequities. However, each time their response was laden with claims of ignorance, myriad excuses, and focused on shifting the blame to other actors in the criminal justice system and community.
We can not ever hope to start a healing process without acknowledgment of current and past harm. Without this step, any attempts by DPD at outreach or making inroads will ring hollow.
[1] https://davis.granicus.com/player/clip/1225 (Starting around 1:31:41)
Recommendation #6
De-prioritize, decriminalize, and offer restorative remedies for minor victimless offenses
commission report text:
"We [the TJS] recommend de-prioritizing the enforcement of a broader set of minor, victimless offenses and, working with the Yolo County District Attorney, decriminalizing as many minor offenses as possible. We also recommend implementing warm hand-off programs along the lines of the substance use model deployed last year by the DPD, the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), and local behavioral health care providers. We also recommend expanding the successful specialty court system; the interest in participation in the alternative courts exceeds the opportunities currently available."
Strict enforcement of misdemeanor crimes to exert control over "disorder", often called Broken Windows policing, has been found to be ineffective time and time again. In fact this policing philosophy is harmful to communities of color and those with lower socio-economic status.
As Columbia University law professor Bernard Harcourt puts it, “[Broken Windows policing] allowed everybody to find a way in their own mind to get rid of the panhandler, the guy sleeping on the street, the prostitute, the drugs, the litter, and it allowed liberals to do that while still feeling self-righteous and good about themselves." [1]
PBS Frontline explains that "The [Broken Windows] theory has instead resulted in what critics say is aggressive over-policing of minority communities, which often creates more problems than it solves. Such practices can strain criminal justice systems, burden impoverished people with fines for minor offenses, and fracture the relationship between police and minorities. It can also lead to tragedy: In New York in 2014, Eric Garner died from a police chokehold after officers approached him for selling loose cigarettes on a street corner." [2]
Unfortunately, the culture of broken windows policing is widespread in Davis. Not only are police the almost sole responders to unhoused people and substance users, but also the responses are fueled by problematic ideas about those groups held by our own community members. One public commenter specifically, unashamedly stated that the “homeless in Davis” should “go back to LA” implying that this would solve all our problems.
The Davis Police Department needs to stop operating under debunked theories and principles from the past and start progressing into the future. A future where members of our community who require support and care are not criminalized and culturally vilified.
Decriminalization and deprioritization of victimless offenses and non-violent misdemeanors (like camping in the park and drug possession) by the DPD is the first of many steps to making that future a reality.
Criminalization of Personal Drug Use
The most criminalized victimless offense in Davis is personal drug use or possession. In the last 5 years, 1/3 of all arrests by DPD involved drug charges and 90% of those drug charges are simply for drug possession or possession of drug paraphernalia. The majority of those arrests involving drugs (~60%) do not involve any other crimes.
To put it simply, many people in Davis are being arrested for only having small amounts of illicit drugs, not for breaking any other laws or hurting anyone. This is the definition of a victimless crime that we as Davis residents can choose to de-criminalize.
We know criminalization doesn't work. In the current system, only a small fraction of inmates with drug dependencies in the United States receive treatment while incarcerated (only 11% according to The American Public Health Association [1]).
We see this exact trend locally. People incarcerated enter and leave jail with the same addictions. In Yolo County, 2/3 of the probation population have substance use disorders, and the Community Corrections Partnership of Yolo County lists substance use disorders and access to drugs among the 3 highest risks for recidivism[2]. This underscores the need for treatment and rehabilitation of drug users rather than the continued criminalization of these people, who upon re-entering society after incarceration are often unable to find safe, suitable housing or employment.
Furthermore, criminalizing substance use disorders, as opposed to treating them as a public health issue, does not improve public safety or reduce crime. Approximately 40% percent of state prisoners committed their crimes (most often thefts) to obtain money to buy drugs [3]. If we offered these people treatment options and helped them manage their addiction, we could drastically reduce the number of thefts. To reduce crime, reduce drug use and keep our community safer, DPD should expand their efforts to decriminalize drug offenses and prioritize necessary medical addiction treatment and social services for those struggling with substance use disorders.
BOTTOM LINE:
The data is clear. When it comes to drug use, Davis PD is wasting time, and money, and ruining people's lives all while not reducing crime or increasing community safety.
Recommendation #7
Create a "Crisis Now" mobile crisis team system to respond to those experiencing a mental or behavioral crisis
commission report text:
"The characteristics of Davis - a low violent crime rate, an acknowledged growing behavioral health and substance use crisis, and a strong existing relationship between the DPD, Yolo County HHSA, nonprofit agencies, and other stakeholders - are ideal for implementing a diverse approach to behavioral crisis response. This entails several steps. First, bolster the menu of options for crisis response: provide resources to allow existing and planned DPD crisis intervention and co-responder teams to be available 24/7; train ambulance-based
personnel in behavioral health; and support the development of unarmed mobile crisis teams. Second, pilot a crisis call hub to route calls to the appropriate crisis response team, building on Davis's in-house 911 dispatch system. Third, work with health providers to set up a joint behavioral health receiving facility that is safe and supportive. We [the TJS] urge that the a Crisis Now-type approach be accompanied by a robust evaluation framework exploring the impact of interventions on client health outcomes, responder attitudes and skills, overall stakeholder satisfaction, and financial sustainability of City and County agencies."
Why is this important?
Homelessness, mental illness, and substance use are increasing in California, Yolo County, and Davis. This leads to increasing funneling of people into either the criminal justice system or the emergency healthcare system. Jails or emergency rooms have become the default care facilities despite both of them being ill equipped to handle these challenging situations. Especially when considering the impact that contact with law enforcement officers has on those struggling with these issues. For example, at least 1/3 of all people killed by police since 2015 had mental health issues. It is clear that police are not the appropriate first responders in these critical, complicated situations.
What can we do about it?
As outlined in the TJS report, the City of Davis should immediately adopt a public health approach to community safety which would address root causes -in other words treat the disease not just the symptoms. This would prevent crises from arising by helping people get mental and physical healthcare before they reach a crisis point. In the event of a crisis, this model would allow for specially trained mental and behavioral health personnel to assess the situation, provide the appropriate crisis care, transport the patient to or recommend the use of appropriate social services and continue to assist the patient with non-emergency care as needed.
Bottom line:
It is time to build an emergency response structure specific to behavioral health. Responding to a person in crisis is often complex and best done by trained professionals with extensive backgrounds in mental health and substance use disorders. It is time for the “Crisis-Now Model” with: 1) unarmed mobile crisis teams, coordinating with police; 2) crisis receiving facilities; 3) crisis call centers; 4) community navigators to establish trust with at-risk individuals.
Yolo County has been discussing the possibility of implementing a crisis now model that includes a mobile crisis unit and we urge City Council to work with the County to make this a reality.
What is a mobile crisis unit?
A kind of alternative first responder team composed of a combination of a nurse, a social worker and /or a mental health specialist who respond together to calls related to mental health or substance use crises.
Why are alternative responders so desperately needed?
As Mental Health America points out: "[P]ersons experiencing mental health or substance use crisis may:
end up in confrontations with law enforcement personnel which have tragic outcomes; be transported to emergency rooms and be admitted or committed to inpatient psychiatric facilities when these outcomes are unnecessary and may be harmful to the person; and be transported to a jail and subjected to ongoing involvement in the criminal justice system when these outcomes are unnecessary, are harmful to the person and do not lead to increased public safety." [1]
Why are Mobile Crisis Teams the best solution?
"Mobile Crisis Response Teams should be the first point of contact in calls regarding mental health crises. Made up of mental health professionals, community health workers, and/or peers, these teams have the knowledge and skills to respond and refer individuals in crisis to the appropriate resources. They work closely with police, crisis services, and communities to support individuals and their families in navigating systems and supports. With specialized knowledge and the ability to engage people who may be at risk for “wellness checks,” access to Mobile Crisis Response Teams can help prevent crises and avoid unnecessary hospitalization, police interactions, and arrests. The best of these models contain peers who can most effectively empathize with and engage the individual in crisis." [1]
What if things turn violent?
This is one of the most common questions that come up when unarmed response to emergent mental health and substance use crises are proposed.* Mobile health units can always call for police backup. However, it is important to highlight that when we look to existing mobile crisis units we see that they rarely need to call for backup. CAHOOTS, the longest-running mobile crisis unit in Eugene, OR (around since 1989), responded to around 20% of 911 calls in 2019, but only had to call for police back up in 0.6% of those calls (150/24,000 calls) [2]. The low co-occurrence of violence and mental illness is consistent with the academic study often cited by NAMI showing that only 4% of violent acts in the U.S. are associated with mental illness [3]. The association between mental illness and violence is often a result of cultural and media-fueled stigma. In actuality, "People with mental illness are more often victims of violence than the cause of violence. Studies have shown that people with serious mental illness are 11 times more likely to be victims of a violent crime than others." [3]
*This question is often posed as a way to suggest a co-responder model instead. We encourage you to read our Vanguard article critiquing co-responder models linked below.
Recommendation #8
Expand Davis' community navigator workforce
in the Davis Emergency Shelter
"We [the TJS] recommend continuing and expanding the community navigator pilot initiative in the Davis Emergency Shelter Program. The DPD's Homeless Outreach Services program is effective and well-respected, and additional human resources would greatly help improve coverage and frequency of contact with at-risk individuals, including the homeless, those with mental illness, and those with substance use issues. Navigators help build client trust in the care team, help the client navigate available social and healthcare services, and work to keep the members of the care team -- clinicians, social workers, social service agencies, etc. -- well-coordinated. The community navigator force would be led by paid professionals, but paraprofessional and volunteer involvement is viable given Davis's unique human resources."
Have you or a loved one ever been in a scary, or stressful situation? Have you ever needed to, while in that heightened emotional state, try to find important information or navigate government websites?
If so, you can probably understand how learning about and accessing available programs and resources can be a barrier to getting help.
This is where Community Navigators come in!
Community Navigators work to remove access barriers and coordinate care for people in vulnerable communities. The programs are effective because navigators are embedded in the neighborhoods they serve and build trust and relationships with the local residents.
According to the TJS Report, "The overarching goal is for the client to perceive the navigator as both an ally worthy of trust and an insider with access to information about the social service and healthcare systems. The navigator also takes the lead in creating a culture within the care team of trauma-informed interaction with the client. This entails knowing the client's medical and social history, as well as being trained in trauma-informed and motivational techniques of interaction. . .Overall, the navigator ensures that the care team creates an atmosphere of sensitivity to the client's culture, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, age, and other characteristics"
This program is a key part of the Crisis Now model that we discussed yesterday because it ensures that support isn’t just at the time of crisis. Davis is an ideal community to establish a volunteer Community Navigator program led by paid social workers and mental health professionals. We already have a culture of volunteerism as seen by programs like Davis Community Meals and the Davis Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter.
For these reasons, we believe that establishing a strong Community Navigator program would benefit Davis residents greatly. City Council must make this an integral part of their strategy to reimagine public safety in Davis.
Recommendation #9
Create an independent Safety Department that uses
a public health approach to issues of racism, poverty, and public safety
The TJS proposes two options:
"1. A "New Department" (ND) model in which social services and non-violent aspects of public safety are placed under the responsibility of a new City agency lateral to the DPD;
2. A "New Structure" (NS) model in which all public safety services, including the DPD, are placed under a single umbrella agency."
"The ND model affirms the City's commitment to taking a public health approach to issues of racism, poverty, and public safety, but may present coordination challenges with the police department. NS may be the most powerful option to facilitate the development of a Crisis Now-type model and instill new public safety values into City institutions, but is also a more challenging transformation of City structure. The initial impression of the TJS is that the NS model is most promising."
"The NS model is an opportunity to build a new foundation of public safety on the values of anti-racism, transparency, and evidence-based decision making. The TJS notes, however, the importance of seeking further input from stakeholders and members of the public to inform which vision is best for Davis. Regardless of which model is chosen by the City Council, we recommend clearly articulating and committing to the vision."
"Finally, we recommend that all programs, current and planned, contain a strong monitoring and evaluation component, and that all public safety datasets be made available in a expeditious and transparent manner, ideally through an user-friendly online portal.
Our opinion
We are in favor of the New Department Model!
After careful consideration from our research team, we have determined our preference is for an independent New Department of Public Safety.
We disagree with the TJS report's assessment that the New Department model would present coordination challenges between DPD and the new Public Safety Department. As the City of Davis system works today, DPD already coordinates seamlessly with other City of Davis departments. For example, the Davis Fire Department.
We also strongly advocate for the separation of power and responsibilities between departments - especially between departments with extremely different goals, paradigms, and cultures. Therefore, we would like to see the creation of a independent department of Public Safety led by a department head with a background in public health. This would increase transparency, and decreases the possibility of aggregation of power into a single department head, who may not always equally distribute funds to both branches of a single umbrella department.
What the department could look like
According to an expert
We created a sample organizational chart to demonstrate what such a new department would look like and how it might be staffed.