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07/21/2022 By mattferner

Voters favor sending health care workers, not armed police officers, to address mental health crises per a new poll from the National Alliance on Mental Illness:

76% of voters prefer a response led by mental health professionals (as opposed to police officers) when someone is having a mental health or suicide crisis.

64% of voters agreed with the statement—“I would be afraid the police may hurt my loved one or me while responding to a mental health crisis.”

86% of voters agree with the statement—“By building and providing mental health services across the country, we can prevent people from cycling in and out of emergency rooms, arrests, incarceration, and homelessness.”