Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. The work to create a whole new first responder system must …
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Portland Street Response must assist homeless campers in crisis during sweeps, fire chief orders
Apr. 11, 2023 The Oregonian/Oregon Live The chief of Portland’s fire bureau has ordered its team of mental health professionals …
Why Eugene wants proposals for unarmed, crisis response teams such as CAHOOTS
Register-Guard Oregon March 13, 2023 The Eugene Police Department is following a police consultant’s advice and will field proposals from …
CAHOOTS, EPD overburdened with calls for service
Register-Guard October 23, 2022 Eugene’s alternatives to armed police response, including White Bird Clinic’s nationally lauded CAHOOTS program, are an …
13 recommendations for Eugene’s alternative system instead of armed police response
Register-Guard January 21, 2023 CAHOOTS clinical coordinator Kate Gillespie stands in one of the vans used to respond to calls …