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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Today's meeting adjured at 3:41pm CST.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
On behalf of the Mayor's office, there are no updates. The next and last meeting will be November 10th, 2025.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Dr. Mio Hua goes over 5 Violence Prevention Programs including Community Violence Intervention (CVI), Hospital-Based Violence Intervention (HBVI), Safe Spaces Activation, Victim Services and Post-Incident Response.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Dr. Mio Hua talks about overdose trends, which includes 5 forms of overdose prevention. She also mentions the overdose EMS responses on the west side going down.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Dr. Mio Hua mentions opportunes for improvement from summer of 2024 to summer of 2025
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Dr. Mio Hua, Interim Deputy Commissioner of Behavioral Health to present on treating the summer surge of Overdose and Violence
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Dr. Chenetra Washington goes over what Smart911 is. It is a free online app that allows you to create a custom 911 safety profile for you and your family. It can include as little or as much information as needed. It also has a texting feature.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
In 2024, OMEC/CPD responded to 26,835 disturbance/mental health calls.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Dr. Chenetra Washington goes over the CIT Dispatch Process. She then explains how OEMC dispatchers are trained to identify available Certified CIT CPD members. CIT CPD members are prioritized to respond to service.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
We're looking at an event screen for a 911 dispatcher. The most critical piece of information for the dispatcher is the where. The dispatcher is also able to note if mental health is involved.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Dr. Chenetra Washington mentions that it's very important to know the 5 W's- the Who, What, Where, When and Weapons in the situation to provide the best support.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Dr. Chenetra Washington mentions that the call volume is influenced by the time of year, time of day and weather.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Dr. Chenetra Washington Deputy Director from OEMC to speak on 911 and 311
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
CIU discusses #S04-20-05 “Persons Under Arrest in Need of Mental Health Treatment” concerns raised about safety issues with restraints *to minimize the risk of asphyxiation, especially those with down syndrome
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
CIU discusses feedback for #S04-20-04 “Mental Health Transport and Related Duties Matrix”
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
The CIU mentions some of the feedback they received on #S04-20 “Recognizing and Responding to Individuals in Crisis” highlighting that people would like to see more diversion and less going to the hospital or CPD
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
CIU shares the addition of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline that can be called, texted or chatted.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
The CIU and Research and Development shares some of the revisions to the suite of policies.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
CCMHE last reviewed polices in 2021/2022 and they were updated in 2023.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
CIU stands for Crisis Intervention Unit
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
CIU presentation on how all policies are developed through the Research and Development team.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Motion to approve minutes from meeting on May 12,2025 have been approved.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Motion to approve minutes from May 12, 2025 have been approved.
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Public comments have been read. There are no comments back from the committee. They will receive an e-mail with all comments made
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Ms. Mindfully Minding My Biz @naturallysage.bsky.social · Aug 25
Today's agenda:
Welcome & Attendance
Approval of Minutes
Public Comment
Feedback Loop from City Departments
Presentations
CIU presentation of the policy suite
CPD response to the member policy review
R&D presentation on CPD policies
OEMC presentation
CDPH Updates/Mayor’s Office Updates
Adjourn
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