Speaker 0: The grant will fund a full time recovery coach, forensic peer specialists to assist Boston Police Department offices with hub and center responsibility meetings. City wide docket number 1209 message an order authorizing the city of Boston to accept and an amount of $72,600 in the form of a grant to the FBI. 2022 Jail Arrest Diversion grant awarded by the Department of Mental Health to be administered by the Boston Police Department. The grant will fund overtime costs to backfill crisis intervention training and other mental health training for officers.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Madam Clerk. The Chair recognizes Councilor Campbell, Chair of the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice. Councilor Campbell, you have the floor.
Speaker 8: Thank you, Madam President. And thank you, Madam Clerk. We held a hearing on Monday, and we also included these two dockets, Docket 1207 and docket 1209. I want to thank Gina Savage from the police department, who is the deputy director of research and development, who came and testified on behalf of the administration on both of these grants . I also want to thank again Councilors Murphy, Braden, Arroyo and Flynn for joining us in the hearing and bringing your questions. Docket 1207 is a grant from the State Department of the Department of Mental Health. It is to hire a full time recovery coach and forensic cure specialist to work with our BPD officers. Deputy Director Savage explained the city has received this grant for several years and used these funds to hire a best clinician. But now the best clinicians are funded by the operating budget. And I'd be remiss if I didn't think counselor Savi George for her leadership with respect to the best clinicians and expansion and expanding that human capital within the police department across several parts of the city. She also explained the department was able to work with the damage to continue using these funds through the best program, which resulted in the current proposal to hire this particular recovery coach. And she noted that they may look to revise the grant to actually be able to hire a few more folks. So that is docket 1207. And I will just add at the end, it speaks to the hub and center of responsibility meeting city wide. I want to thank in particular mass housing and Thaddeus and Kayla and some folks out of Chelsea, Jamaica Plain. I had attended some hub meetings, particularly in Jamaica Plain and Chelsea with respect to this community response to public safety and work with our department to actually expand the resources for this. And so through some creative partnerships including with. Various conversations, they were able to secure funding to bring on more hub folks and to expand that model across other neighborhoods, including C11 and V3. So I just want to thank the PPD grants division for their leadership on this. And I also want to lastly talk about Docket 1 to 0 nine, which is also a grant from GMH. This is to fund backfill for officers who are going through the crisis intervention team and going through mental health trainings. And so officers are going through the trainings. They obviously have to cover their responsibilities. This is what this grant does. It would, if it was explained at these trainings, are voluntary, but of course aimed at officers who ride with the best clinicians to have training. Officers obviously are excited to be able to participate. It makes it easier when there's funding to allow that to happen smoothly so that doesn't disrupt the operations of the department. So at this time, I'm seeking as chair of the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice, I recommend passage of these two dockets, dockets 1207 and 1209. Thank you.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Does anyone else want to speak on these dockets? Great. We're going to take separate votes, starting with Docket 12 zero seven. Councilor Campbell seeks acceptance of the report and passage of Docket 12 zero seven. All those in favor please indicate by saying I only oppose. Nay, the ayes have it. Docket 12 zero seven has been passed, moving on to 12 zero nine. All those in favor please indicate by saying I any opposed say nay the ayes have it and docket 1 to 0 nine has also passed. Madam Clerk, could you please read? Yes, ma'am. Yes. Do you have them?
Speaker 0: They were just. It was just.
Speaker 1: Um, Madam Clerk, if you could please read the next docket, which is 1240.
On the message and order, referred on December 1, 2021 Docket #1209, authorizing  the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Seventy Two Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($72,600.00) in the form of a grant for the FY2022 Jail/Arrest Diversion Grant, awarded by the MA Department of Mental Health to be administered by the Boston Police Department. The grant will fund overtime cost to backfill Crisis Intervention Training and other mental health training for officers, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.