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    Vera is committed to:
    • Securing Equal Justice
      Securing Equal Justice
      • Policing and Community
      • Supporting Immigrants
      • Reaching All Victims
      • Disabilities and Deaf People
      • Racial Bias in Prosecution
    • Ending Mass Incarceration
      Ending Mass Incarceration
      • Reducing the Use of Jail
      • Dignity Behind Bars
      • Providing Second Chances
      • Scoping the Problem
    • Strengthening Families & Communities
      Strengthening Families and Communities
      • Kids and Young Adults
      • Community and Family
      • Access to Health Care
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Serving Safely

The National Initiative to Enhance Policing for Persons with Mental Illnesses and Developmental Disabilities

  • Rebecca Neusteter - Policing Program Director
    Rebecca Neusteter
  • Leah  Pope - Senior Research Fellow
    Leah Pope
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Organizations 

  • American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
  • The Arc
  • CIT International
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
  • National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
  • Prosecutors’ Center for Excellence (PCE)
  • University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) – Jane Addams College of Social Work

Subject Matter Experts

  • Dr. Michael Compton
  • Meredith Hitchcock, M.I.M.S.
  • Katherine Nammacher 
  • Melissa Reuland, M.A. 
  • Ron Wilhelmy, Retired Assistant Commissioner, NYPD

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