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From: Council -Diane Howard <br />To: Martha Beetlev; Council -Diane Howard; MGR -Melissa Stevenson Diaz; PD Dan Mulholland; Council-Giselle Hale; <br />Council -Alicia Aguirre; Council-Lissette Espinoza-Garnica; Council -Jeff Gee; Council -Diana Reddy; Council -Michael <br />Smith <br />Subject: RE: Mental Health/Policing Pilot <br />Date: Friday, January 22, 2021 1:47:59 PM <br />Dear Ms. Beetley, <br />On behalf of the City Council, thank you for writing to express your thoughts about the Mental <br />Health/Policing pilot program. Each Councilmember has received your comments and they <br />will be considered when the City Council discusses this item at its meeting on January 25, <br />2021. <br />In Community Spirit, <br />Diane Howard <br />Redwood City Mayor <br />From: Martha Beetley <br />Sent: Saturday, January 16, 20213:33 PM <br />To: Council -Diane Howard <DHoward@redwoodcity.org>; MGR -Melissa Stevenson Diaz <br /><mdiaz@redwoodcity.org>; PD Dan Mulholland <DMulholland@redwoodcity.org>; Council-Giselle <br />Hale <ghale@redwoodcity.org>; Council -Alicia Aguirre <aaguirre@redwoodcity.org>; Council- <br />Lissette Espinoza-Garnica <LEspinoza-Garnica@redwoodcity.org>; Council -Jeff Gee <br /><jgee@redwood city. org>; Council -Diana Reddy <dred dy@redwood city. org>; Council -Michael Smith <br /><michael.smith@redwoodcity.org> <br />Subject: Mental Health/Policing Pilot <br />CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when <br />opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. <br />Dear Mayor Howard, Chief Mulholland, and Councilmembers, <br />SURJ San Mateo is writing in regard to the proposed Community Wellness and Crisis <br />Response Pilot Project, announced in the January 12 County press release, which would <br />partner mental health clinicians with police officers responding to crisis calls. SURJ San <br />Mateo is the San Mateo County chapter of the national SURJ (Showing Up for Racial <br />Justice) network. We organize, mobilize and educate white folks and other folks with <br />privilege for racial justice in San Mateo County, and we have members throughout the <br />county, including in Redwood City. <br />SURJ San Mateo supports the points made in the January 13, 2021 letter from Redwood <br />City for Racial Equity regarding the pilot project. To summarize, we urge you to use this <br />opportunity to create a crisis response team composed solely of mental health clinicians, <br />social workers, and emergency medical support, instead of sending mental health <br />professionals to accompany police. <br />