Safer Cities provides coverage and analysis on innovative efforts to deliver more safety for our cities and our country.

Cities Opening Crisis Stabilization Centers “For People Experiencing A Mental Or Behavioral Health Emergency And Need Immediate Help,” To Reduce Burden On Hospitals And Jails.

School-Based Violence Intervention Programs Reducing Violence By “Helping Students Stay In School, Graduate, And Plan For What Comes Next.”

More Cities Embedding Mental Health Experts Into 911 Dispatch Centers. Des Moines, Iowa “Embeds Mental Health Clinicians In 911 Dispatch Center To Aid Callers.”

The City of Des Moines now "embedding licensed mental health clinicians inside the 911 dispatch center — a rare approach used by only a handful of departments nationwide.” At the Des Moines 911 emergency call center, “when callers indicate they need mental health services, they are routed to a clinician in the dispatch center who begins the conversation immediately… they [can] determine what the risk is, as well as deciphering who is going to respond to that call.”