“Philando Castillo. Breonna Taylor. George Floyd. Unfortunately, I could continue this list for my full five minutes and far, far beyond, but I'll simply add one more: Marcus-David Peters.” Paul Fleisher, a retired public school teacher and member of the Richmond area chapter of Virginia Organizing, listed the
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Henrico citizens now may add their information to Virginia’s 911 and Marcus alert systems as part of a new voluntary database that’s designed to provide first-responders with potentially valuable information when they respond to calls for service. Citizens with behavioral health illness, mental health illness, developmental or intellectual
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The House of Delegates approved a bill Thursday that would create teams of mental health service providers and peer recovery specialists to accompany police officers responding to individual crises. House Bill 5043, introduced by Del. Jeffrey Bourne, D-Richmond, was approved by a vote of 57-39. The legislation needs passage from
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The Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday passed several criminal justice reform bills during the special session of the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond. The first bill, SB 5014 would require all law-enforcement officers to complete crisis intervention team training as part of the compulsory training standards. Advanced training would be provided
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