5/10/2023 0 Comments Defund the police infographic2021: CAHOOTS was dispatched and arrived at 16,479 calls for service.2014: CAHOOTS was dispatched and arrived at 9,646 calls for service.Over the last six years, the demand for CAHOOTS services has increased significantly: Each van is staffed with a medic (nurse or EMT) and an experienced crisis worker. The City carried over the funding for the 5-hour expansion through Fiscal Year 2021 (July 2020 to June 2021).ĬAHOOTS is dispatched on EPD’s service channel and calls are triaged through the Central Lane Communication Center. CAHOOTS was able to add 5 of the 11 hours of service to bridge an afternoon gap to maintain two-van coverage. The Fiscal Year 2020 (July 2019 to June 2020) budget included an additional $281,000 on a one-time basis to add 11 additional hours of coverage to the existing CAHOOTS contract. Over the last several years, the City has increased funding to add more hours of service. One van was on duty 24 hours a day and another provided overlap coverage 7 hours per day. In Fiscal Year 2018 (July 2017 to June 2018) the contract budget for the CAHOOTS program was approximately $798,000 which funded 31 hours of service per day (this includes overlapping coverage), seven days a week. The City funds CAHOOTS through the Eugene Police Department. CAHOOTS personnel often provide initial contact and transport for people who are intoxicated, mentally ill, or disoriented, as well as transport for necessary non-emergency medical care. This relationship has been in place for nearly 30 years and is well embedded in the community.ĬAHOOTS provides support for EPD personnel by taking on many of the social service type calls for service to include crisis counseling. We will continue advocating for funding of all public services and working to improve the lives of all working people regardless of Dark Money’s attempts at defunding us.CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) is a mobile crisis intervention program staffed by White Bird Clinic personnel using City of Eugene vehicles. The only ones trying to defund anything are these billionaire-funded special interest groups.ĪFSCME members know sticking with the union is the way to go. The President and CEO of SPN openly admitted the organization’s goal to “defund and defang” public sector labor unions, which would jeopardize the workplace rights and protections of front-line workers as well as the safety and quality of services they provide. SPN has many spawns in Pennsylvania, including The Commonwealth Foundation, The Fairness Center, Americans for Fair Treatment, Commonwealth Partners, Free to Serve, Opt Out Today, and more, which all seek to destroy unions by getting members to drop their membership through lies and deceit.Ĭlick here for an infographic explaining the deep Dark Money ties in PennsylvaniaĪFSCME has fought for adequate state and local funding through legislation like the HEROES Act while these so called “think tanks” have done nothing to aid public services or working families throughout the COVID-19 crisis. It is a bedrock principle of our movement and our union that all working people, including law enforcement officers, deserve the right to join together, and collectively bargain for better pay and fair treatment on the job.”ĪFSCME does not support divestment from any public services, including policing, and is proud to represent approximately 90,000 law enforcement and public safety officers. “The calls to strip law enforcement officers’ collective bargaining rights or to expel all police unions from the labor movement are misdirected. In an especially desperate attempt to deceive working people out of their union membership, Freedom Foundation’s latest front called Opt Out Today has been sending unsolicited text messages and emails to AFSCME-represented employees in Pennsylvania with misleading information about the union’s stance on police reform issues and how member dues are spent.Īt the recent AFSCME International Convention, delegates adopted a landmark resolution, which reads in part: While AFSCME members have spent the last few months working on the front lines of a global pandemic and urging Congress to pass funding for the public services that keep society functioning, Dark Money organizations like the State Policy Network (SPN) and its affiliate Freedom Foundation have continued their attempts to “defund and defang” labor unions representing public service workers. Group trying to defund unions lies about AFSCME position on “defund the police”īy William Kauffman on September 13, 2020
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