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Partners in Care is a co-responder program between the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) and the Mental Health Cooperative that serves to divert people who experience a mental health crisis from the criminal justice system.
Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is the Dean of Belmont University’s college of Law. Gonzales currently is the highest-ranking Hispanic American who has served in an executive position in the United States government. He started his political career in Texas, when then-Governor George W. Bush appointed him as his general council in 1994. Gonzales consequently served as Secretary of State of Texas in 1997 and was named to the Texas Supreme Court in 1999. In 2001, he started working as White House Counsel under President George W. Bush and was appointed by the President as U.S. Attorney General in 2005.
Last month, Tennessee arrested 10 unhoused people in Downtown Nashville for unauthorized camping.
Lonnell Matthews was first elected as Nashville’s Juvenile Court Clerk in 2018. In this role, he serves as the keeper of records for the Juvenile Court of Davidson County.
First-term councilmember Jacob Kupin, represents District 19, which covers Nashville’s core, including downtown.
The Office of Homeless Services (OHS) recently revealed to the Metro Council in a public meeting that they have been keeping 70-80 gap housing units open because a specific facility, currently run by The Salvation Army, is set aside for encampment closures.
Jennifer Carlat is the executive director of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Nashville with deep roots in Nashville and Middle Tennessee.
EVAWI defines sexual misconduct in law enforcement as, “including sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual battery, and any inappropriate or unwanted sexual behavior committed against a member of the community or fellow employee by agency personnel.