Existing Models

For Los Angeles to move towards a space of true public safety, we must be led and informed by those who have been most affected by the fatal flaws in the current systems. 

We can look to existing models as a starting point. Drawing on the expertise of leaders like Aqeela Sherrills, programs like Advance Peace and the Stockton Trauma Recovery Center, and trauma-informed school models like UCSF Hearts and TISLC in New Orleans, we can begin to develop our own community-based approaches to public safety.

 Further Reading

• Nipsey Hussle’s death laid bare the truth about gun violence
  Davetta Jackson-Young and Skipp Townsend

• How Newark Became a Model for Community-Based Violence Reduction
  Aqeela Sherrills

• How Community Accountability Can Help Prevent Intimate Partner Violence in the First Place
  Prevention Institute

• First-year follow-up of the Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PAM) in Stockholm County, Sweden: A descriptive study
  International Journal of Mental Health

• A long-planned program to remove police from some 911 calls launched as Denver’s streets erupted in police brutality protests
  Denverite

• If not 911, this is who responds to Portland street homelessness
  Street Roots

• After positive results, Minneapolis looks to expand anti-violence program
  MinnPost

• Chicago’s ‘Safe Passage’ Curbs Street Violence Without Police, Studies Show
  NPR