{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://horn.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=284", "Black Lives Matter - Oklahoma City Endorses Rep. Horn Bill to Train Law Enforcement on Mental Health Crisis Response", "2020-06-15", "2020", "2020-06", "Democrat", "House", "OK", "Kendra Horn", "H001083", "horn.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  On Monday, June 15, Black Lives Matter  Oklahoma City publicly endorsed bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation introduced by Congresswoman Kendra Horn (OK-5). The Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act (H.R. 2698) provides funding for law enforcement training to recognize, deescalate, and respond to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. A fact sheet on H.R. 2698 is available here.\r\nPolice need more mental health training to know how to recognize and respond to a mental health or addiction crisis, said Rev. Sheri Dickerson, founder of Black Lives Matter - Oklahoma City. Lack of services across the country has resulted in officers serving as first responders to those in crisis. We need solutions that are community based and increase safety for everyone. These programs reduce the arrests of people with mental illness and increase their likelihood of accessing much needed services.\r\nLast week, over a dozen local organizations and elected officials endorsed H.R. 2698, including the NAACP Oklahoma City branch, Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform (OCJR), the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Oklahoma, the Palomar Family Justice Center, the Oklahoma Policy Institute, the Oklahoma City Housing Authority, the Oklahoma City Police Department, the Midwest City Police Department, NorthCare, Cedar Ridge Behavioral Health, Oklahoma County Commissioner Carrie Blumert, and State Representative Collin Walke. National organizations, including the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), have also endorsed the bill.\r\nOne in every 10 calls for police response involve a person living with a mental illness. One in every four people killed by police live with a severe mental illness. For more information on law enforcement responses to individuals living with mental illness or experiencing a mental health crisis, view the fact sheet on H.R. 2698.\r\nThe Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act has 25 bipartisan cosponsors in the House of Representatives. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) have introduced a companion bill in the Senate.\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://horn.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=284"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.73034199886024, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}