Zeke Cohen Calls for Baltimore City Council Hearing on Behavioral Crisis Response

Zeke Cohen calls for Baltimore City Council hearing on behavioral crisis response

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City’s crisis response system under scrutiny after three police-involved deaths in eight days

Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen is calling for a hearing to examine the city’s crisis response systems after three Baltimore residents died or were killed during interactions with police officers “while experiencing behavioral health crises.” “The City Council has fought for years to increase funding for Baltimore Crisis Response Inc because we know that law enforcement alone can not be expected to solve this problem,” he wrote in a …