Amendment #1237 to H4000

Behavioral Health Unit for Dracut-Tyngsborough-Tewksbury- Chelmsford-Billerica Police Departments

Miss Garry of Dracut moves to amend the bill in section 2, in line item 5046-0000, by adding the following:-

“provided further, that no less than $430,000.00 shall be expended for the Behavioral Health Unit for the Dracut-Tyngsborough-Tewksbury-Chelmsford- Billerica Police Departments to support mental health emergency crisis response in these five communities; including, but not limited to, funding for a mental health clinician, trainings for officers in de-escalation, negotiation, Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tactics (ICAT), and other non-lethal response techniques and additional resources.”