洛杉矶市长 Karen Bass 签发第21号行政指令：独立评估 LAPD 应对心理危机的做法
洛杉矶（Los Angeles）——位于加州洛杉矶县的洛杉矶市，洛杉矶市长 Karen Bass 签发第21号行政指令（Executive Directive 21），下令对洛杉矶警察局（LAPD）应对心理与行为健康危机人员的政策、培训与实务进行独立、全面的评估，并一并检视涉事警员可获得的身心支持与照护。市长办公室表示，评估目标是提出改进建议、提升公共安全并挽救生命。
Bass 在指令中说：「心理与行为健康照护严重短缺，太多身处危机的人无处求助。人们在街头、急诊室与拘留设施之间辗转，太常与执法人员发生接触。这就是我下令独立审查 LAPD 如何应对危机人员的原因——确保警员拥有安全应对、挽救生命所需的培训与工具。」
按指令要求，警察委员会须聘请一家在合宪警务与心理行为健康危机应对方面具专长的独立机构，审查过去五年 LAPD 涉及使用武力、以及在押逮捕中导致死亡或重伤的事件，评估警员培训与可用工具，并检视该局为涉事人员提供的心理健康资源。市长办公室表示，相关建议须在机构受聘后六个月内提交市长办公室与警察委员会。
该指令出台前，LAPD 公布了两段涉案人员死亡事件的视频，其中包括7月15日一名58岁男子在 San Fernando Valley 一处监狱牢房内与多名警员发生冲突的画面。Bass 当时表示，两段视频「令人极难观看」，并称将发布行政指令，要求对警员致死与重伤事件作独立评估，特别关注可能涉及心理健康危机的个案。（GSM 据洛杉矶市长办公室发布）
Mayor Karen Bass Issues Executive Directive 21 Ordering an Independent Evaluation of LAPD Crisis Response
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles is a city in Los Angeles County, California. Mayor Karen Bass has issued Executive Directive 21, ordering an independent and comprehensive evaluation of the Los Angeles Police Department's policies, training and practices for responding to people experiencing mental and behavioral health crises, along with a review of the support and wellness care available to officers involved in such incidents. The mayor's office said the goal is recommendations to improve public safety and save lives.
'There is a severe shortage of mental and behavioral health care, and too many people in crisis have nowhere to turn. People cycle between the streets, emergency rooms, and detention facilities, and too often come into contact with law enforcement,' Bass said. 'That's why I'm ordering an independent review of how the LAPD responds to people in crisis so we can ensure officers have the training and tools they need to respond safely and save lives.'
Under the directive, the Board of Police Commissioners must retain an independent firm with expertise in constitutional policing and mental and behavioral health crisis response. The firm will examine LAPD uses of force and custodial arrests resulting in death or serious bodily injury over the past five years, assess officer training and available tools, and evaluate the department's mental wellness resources for personnel. Recommendations are due to the mayor's office and the Police Commission within six months of the firm's hiring.
The directive followed the LAPD's release of videos of two deaths in custody, including footage of officers restraining a 58-year-old man in a San Fernando Valley jail cell on July 15. Bass said the videos were 'incredibly difficult to watch' and that the independent review would aim to identify systemic gaps and strengthen policies and training. (GSM, based on the Los Angeles Mayor's Office release)
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