Thread by @sahrasulaiman

Thread re: LEA efforts to avoid defunding by championing internal programs that claim to provide the same kind of mental health, etc. assistance that advocates would like to be seen offered by real service providers or channeled toward preventative work

https://twitter.com/BisHilarious/status/1366498516504178688

I think one of the things that needs to be underscored about these programs is how little support LAPD gave them internally, effectively undermining them & setting them up to fail, yet sees no irony in touting them as potential models.

https://twitter.com/BisHilarious/status/1366500066656018432

2 DART 👮 from Newton who genuinely believed in the importance of being able to spend hrs at a time w/ families in crisis (vs, dropping in, arresting one party, & leaving) complained abt how the newer 👮 was paid half of their partner & given few hrs/mo in a div w/ high DV calls.

It was the dept's way of signaling that the LAPD didn't believe in the importance of the work, they said. And they saw that attitude replicated at roll calls where they (much like CSP 👮have said) heard from colleagues that what they were doing wasn't "real police work".

The lack of training is yet another signal that there's no interest in building the capacity in officers to be able to address DV and mitigate trauma, or in the LAPD to be more family/community-oriented in the way they are now claiming they can be.

https://twitter.com/BisHilarious/status/1366500367983210497

The two 👮I met from Newton worked together and I *think* they told me the lesser-paid 👮only could work 13 days/mo. So the coverage is abysmal, when considering the volume of calls they receive.

They were frustrated at being underutilized despite the high volume of DV calls in Newton b/c of how DV bleeds into other issues. It's a product of trauma & it compounds trauma, often playing a role in youth gang membership. Yet, they were the 👮 not doing "real policework."