#Transforming911 is a community accountability and advocacy tool that uses data and research as well as storytelling to examine St. Louis’ 911 system.
We investigated the fundamental question of why St. Louisans call 911 and how that compares to the services police are actually able to provide.
WHY #TRANSFORMING911?
MESSAGE FROM REPORT CO-AUTHORS
Karishma Furtado, PhD, MPH
Former FTF Senior Director of Research and Data
Tiffany Green, MBA
Former FTF Data & Research Fellow
Autumn Shepherd
Former FTF Data & Research Fellow
Lucy Chin
Former FTF Justice For All Fellow
Similar analyses from other cities suggest that most calls to 911 are not for crimes in progress. But, in nearly 100% of those instances, an armed police officer is the system response. It’s a volatile situation that all too often ends in tragedy, trauma, and reinforced mistrust of our public safety system.
What do St. Louisans want and need from our 911 system? From our public safety system? Despite the thousands of calls to 911 made each year in St. Louis City and County, until now, the public hasn’t had answers to these basic questions:
– Who calls 911 and for what?
– What portion of those calls are due to suspected crimes?
– How about for violent crimes?
– What kind of emergency response system best and most equitably meets the public safety needs of our community?
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Project Management & Editing
Jia Lian Yang
FTF Director of Storytelling & Communications
David Dwight IV
Former FTF Executive Director & Lead Strategy Catalyst
Branding, Graphic Design, Illustration
+ Web Design & Development,
DATA ANALYSIS SUPPORT
STORYTELLING
INVITE US TO SPEAK
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