Title
Policy Referral: Community Safety - Quality of Life Partnerships
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Shawn Heath, City Manager’s Office
Guest:
Stephen Strzelecki, Mecklenburg County Criminal Justice Services
Explanation
On September 22, 2025, the Mayor asked the Housing, Safety and Community Committee to analyze existing strategies and community-based responses to the involvement of people with mental and substance use disorders in the criminal justice system, review options to address gaps and/or further integrate or scale existing efforts across local partners to leverage resources and maximize impacts, and determine a recommended approach for consideration by Council. As an introduction to the referral, the Committee will receive an overview of the Sequential Intercept Model leveraged by Mecklenburg County to inform community-based responses to the involvement of people with mental and substance use disorders in the criminal justice system.
Action: Informational.