City Council

(2) 23-0056 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the volume of  mental health and domestic violence calls and incidents that occur annually; and the current resources the Mental Evaluation Unit (MEU) and the Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) can deploy within the City; and related matters. Recommendation for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Rodriguez – Price – Park): INSTRUCT the City Administrative Office (CAO) and the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), with input/assistance from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and all necessary departments, to report to Council: Within 30 days on the volume of mental health and domestic violence calls and incidents that occur annually within the City, as well as the capacity and response times that the current MEU and DART resources can deploy. The report should include the history of growth since its origination and outline any shortfall in resources that prevents the LAPD's ability to deploy MEU and DART teams to all qualifying incidents. With a budget proposal for expansion of the MEU and the DART, which should include the personnel, financial resources and deployment procedures needed to make the programs more widely available in response to mental health emergencies. In 30 days on a comparison between traditional LAPD response, specialized LAPD response (MEU, DART teams) and alternative response models (including, but not limited to, Denver’s STAR program, Petaluma City’s SAFE program and Be Well OC’s teams) on the following metrics, incorporating an analysis of the various population sizes and geographic regions served: Average and median response times Costs per team Level and types of training Percentage of deployments that result in handcuffing, citation, arrest or use of force Percentage of deployments where issues are resolved in the field Percentage of deployments where a connection to a service provider is made