Dear IMLA Police Alternatives Working Group: This is a reminder that we will have a call tomorrow, 9/19, at 2 pm eastern. Here is the zoom link for the call: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82185608964 This call will focus on a recent lawsuit filed by the against the District of Columbia challenging DC's practice of sending police officers as the default first responders for mental health emergencies (see the attached complaint). The lawsuit claims the practice discriminates against people with mental health disabilities under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act. Attorneys from the ACLU will provide a presentation to our group regarding the lawsuit. Their presentation will focus on: 1. Laws that support the creation of alternative to police programs. In particular, their argument that the ADA and Rehabilitation Act require equal access to mental health emergency services. 2. The risks municipalities face from inaction or delay in creating alternative response programs. 3. Summary of DOJ investigations and ACLU's D.C. lawsuit. We will leave time for questions both with the ACLU attorneys on the call and then we will excuse them from the call so that we can discuss the lawsuit with just our group. Please recognize that this presentation will be from the ACLU perspective and then we will save time for discussion amongst ourselves. Thank you, Amanda [logo]<https://imla.org/> [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> Amanda Karras (she/her) Executive Director / General Counsel International Municipal Lawyers Association P: (202) 466-5424 x7116 D: (202) 742-1018 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 Plan Ahead! See IMLA's upcoming events<https://imla.org/events/>, calls and programming. Check out our On-Demand webinar library<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/shopping/shopping.aspx?site=imla&webcode=shopping&cart=0&shopsearchCat=Merchandise&productCat=Webinar> with 100+ webinars at your fingertips!

Good afternoon: This is a reminder that we have a meeting starting in a moment for the police alternatives call. Please disregard the teams link in the bottom of the calendar invite. This meeting will take place on zoom. Here is the link: Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82185608964 Thanks! [logo]<https://imla.org/> [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> Amanda Karras (she/her) Executive Director / General Counsel International Municipal Lawyers Association P: (202) 466-5424 x7116 D: (202) 742-1018 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 Plan Ahead! See IMLA's upcoming events<https://imla.org/events/>, calls and programming. 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Here is the zoom link for the call: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82185608964<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__us06web.zoom.us_j_82185608964&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=jblVzryv37xz6dGHTIBd0omyr7IZ_ghleJygNWPo2JE&m=fqAYv_MhoTAqAd8pvalh75Qu_0-Az3ib8wscp_MrIRpOF4WAp-Epnrf7FEAFml7-&s=pwB6jjxnrRYhp-EAHSPXpLjotbDvwcUHTf1SN-37Va4&e=> This call will focus on a recent lawsuit filed by the against the District of Columbia challenging DC's practice of sending police officers as the default first responders for mental health emergencies (see the attached complaint). The lawsuit claims the practice discriminates against people with mental health disabilities under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act. Attorneys from the ACLU will provide a presentation to our group regarding the lawsuit. Their presentation will focus on: 1. Laws that support the creation of alternative to police programs. In particular, their argument that the ADA and Rehabilitation Act require equal access to mental health emergency services. 2. The risks municipalities face from inaction or delay in creating alternative response programs. 3. Summary of DOJ investigations and ACLU's D.C. lawsuit. We will leave time for questions both with the ACLU attorneys on the call and then we will excuse them from the call so that we can discuss the lawsuit with just our group. Please recognize that this presentation will be from the ACLU perspective and then we will save time for discussion amongst ourselves. 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