The CAHOOTS Model

Most agree that the police are asked to do far too much, including tasks that they are not trained to do and so are ill-equipped to do well. The CAHOOTS model is an exciting one. It relieves the police from undertaking tasks for which they are ill-equipped, especially those related to mental health crises, it does so effectively and without force/violence, and it does so far more cheaply. We invited Tim Black to learn more about CAHOOTS, how it got started, what they do and how they do it, and why this might be a critical option for other jurisdictions across the country that are trying to address public safety issues without such a heavy reliance on police.

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The CAHOOTS Model is an episode from Voir Dire: Conversations from the Harvard Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management by HKS Program Criminal Justice Policy and Management.

This episode is 00:27:15 long.

This episode was published on Jun 1, 2021.

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