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2026-11-14 -War on Police-

LAPD chief sounds alarm over city's mental health crisis, pitches plan to take burden off cops

[NYP] The LAPD needs more mental health professionals to help respond to 911 calls, Chief Jim McDonnell told the California Post in an exclusive interview — a tactic mayor-elect Nithya Raman has pledged to support as the two try to bury the hatchet and address the city’s mental-health crisis.

The chief met with Raman Thursday for a “get to know each other” session as they hunted for common ground on policing and public safety, finding a place for agreement on the point that too many cops are wasting their time trying to help out the city’s mentally ill.

McDonnell has said that roughly “one-third” of the LAPD’s 1.45 million calls per year are now for people suffering a mental health crisis, sucking precious police resources into the endless cycle of mental illness and homelessness plaguing the city.

“The mayor is in alignment with the way we’re doing business, as far as trying to be able to get increased civilianization and expertise to deal with issues such as people experiencing a mental health crisis,” McDonnell told The Post. The chief is trying to hang onto his job after Raman pledged to replace him on the campaign trail.

McDonnell said he’s completely behind the socialist mayor’s plan for “increased civilianization” of the department. # id) ?>

Posted by Skidmark 2026-11-14 06:16|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| ||Comments [62 views ] Top

1 Mamdani to announce ‘rebrand’ of NYPD protest response unit after lefty attacks: sources

Mayor Zohran Mamdani will announce on Monday the rebranding of the NYPD’s controversial Strategic Response Group as he faces pressure from his lefty allies to ban the elite tactical unit.

Mamdani promised to get rid of the SRG during his mayoral campaign after activists for years complained about the way in which the 500-strong police unit handled protests.

Hizzoner is slated to say he’s “decoupled” the SRG’s duties of responding to demonstrations from its counterterrorism tasks, insiders briefed on the plans told The Post.

The hastily cooked-up ploy is meant to appease the far-left wing of his party — which has recently loudly advocated for Mamdani to make good on his campaign promise, sources said.

Mamdani will pitch the move as a “massive overhaul” of how the city deals with First Amendment-protected gatherings — but insiders claimed the announcement would have little-to-no effect on the ground.

Sources described it as more of a revamp in which the SRG will continue operating under a different name, and still respond to active shooters and other potential mass casualty or terrorism-related events.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-11-14 06:22|| 2026-11-14 06:22|| Front Page || Comments Top

2 Crazy on both [BLUE] coasts.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-11-14 06:32|| 2026-11-14 06:32|| Front Page || Comments Top

3 I don't see a lot of mental health professionals wanting to respond to a 911 mental heal crisis call without police backup.

I do hope it works though.

Posted by Chantry 2026-11-14 10:44|| 2026-11-14 10:44|| Front Page || Comments Top

4 Mental health crisis = whacked out on a cocktail of meth and fentanyl. These are hard core drug addicts that need to be put in rehab camps.

Posted by Remoteman 2026-11-14 15:08|| 2026-11-14 15:08|| Front Page || Comments Top

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