SAPD's response to mental health crisis is being criticized by former officer Joe Smarro.
Now Joe Smarro, who worked in the“The mental health unit ideally should be responding to the live calls happening in the moment, just like that call,” he said referring to what happened on Old Pearsall Rd with 46-year-old Perez.mental health“I’ve heard this from patrol when I was there is, ‘Why would we call you guys? You’re never available,’” he said.
KSAT asked SAPD Monday if the mental health unit was called that past Friday to Perez’s apartment. As of the publishing of this story, they haven’t given us an answer.was shot by an SAPD officer.The unit didn’t arrive before Spangrud was shot after pointing a rifle at officers. “The rumors on patrol are still that, like, ‘Mental health is never available, that ‘We’re not going to call them. We’re just going to do it ourselves,’” Smarro said.In the case of Spangrud and Perez, they did not.“We know that they knew that she was suffering from an acute mental crisis. And frankly, you don’t have to be a doctor just looking at the body cam footage. You can tell that she’s not herself,” Dan Packard said.
On Monday, a request was sent to San Antonio Police to get information on how many people make up its mental health unit as of today and how many calls they’re responding to.Copyright 2023 by KSAT - All rights reserved.Leigh Waldman is a news reporter at KSAT 12. She joined the station in 2021. Leigh comes to San Antonio from the Midwest after spending time at a station in Omaha, NE. After two winters there, she knew it was time to come home to Texas.
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