Segments – Conference 2022

We’re re-editing Ebony Morgan’s keynote talk as of 3/23/2022 and expect to have the segment on this page by April 1.


Austin City Councilor Ann Kitchen on a Public Safety Response to Mental Health Crises:The AustinCARES Program


Dominique Jones MA, LMFT on Mobile Mental Health Crisis Services in Minnesota


Ken “Khensu” Carter, MD, LAc – NADA style approach and procedure: ear acupressure leads the way in complementing self and population-based care


Taleed El-Sabawi, PhD, JD on a Model Statute for Non-Police Behavioral Health Crisis Response Teams


Kaia Sand of Street Roots – Re-imagining Public Safety: Portland Street Response


Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD on Psychiatric Emergency Response: Shifting from Threat Control to Treatment


KEYNOTE + Q&A – Moki Macias on Communities, Crises, and Carceral Logic


Denver police chief Paul Pazen with a law enforcement perspective on non-police mobile services


Carleigh Sailon introduces Denver’s STAR Program


Mariela Ruiz Angel explains the Albuquerque Community Safety Department


Amy Watson, PhD – If not police, who should respond? And what skills do they need?


Ashley Krider on Unbundling Police Funding and Building the Right Response


Jackson Beck and Jason Tan de Bibiana on Race, Equity, and Behavioral Health Crisis Alternatives: Strategies for the Shift from Police to Community Responses


David Harris – Developing Non-Police Alternative Programs for Non-Emergency 911-Calls