New York City's Brooklyn subway shooting allegedly at the hands of a man with a self-proclaimed mental health history has prompted renewed calls for needed services and safety measures in the transit system.
to stand trial. As recently as Tuesday, prosecutors reaffirmed Martial’s unfit status. He remains in the custody of the Department of Mental Health and Hygiene until he is deemed fit for trial.flanked by local and state elected officials, including Gov. Kathy Hochul. The program was aimed at providing services to homeless individuals and those experiencing mental health difficulties, and targeting loiterers, turnstile-jumpers and criminal opportunists.
Speaking during an interview with ABC’s Bill Ritter earlier this week, Bratton said he hopes the city is"a little more precise" when articulating how many officers are already assigned to the subways."There’s already about 35, 3600 cops down there," he said."I’ve kind of gotten a little lost as to what’s actually down there versus what’s being promised. They might articulate a little more what exactly is going to be below ground.
Schulz, a professor emeritus at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, recalled sitting down for countless meetings with mental health professionals about the issue, but said the burden of responsibility was consistently placed on police, rather than the mental health community.I'm going to be very open and say, I mean the mental health community has completely dropped the ball on this," she told Fox News Digital.
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