{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/170f7fea-3078-4315-9c6b-57b666e73855/6aa98650fca3d5c77b700b63?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"911 Fails People in Mental Health Crises. Here's a Plan to Fix It.","description":"<p>911 calls related to mental health are the most likely to involve police use of force. A new book offers a blueprint for a 911 redesign that could save lives.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests:</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://urbanlabs.uchicago.edu/people/rebecca-neusteter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rebecca Neusteter</a>, Executive Director, University of Chicago Health Lab; Author of “911, What’s Your Emergency? The Promise and Peril of Crisis Response”</li><li><a href=\"https://edgonzalez.com/meet-ed/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Gonzalez</a>, Sheriff, Harris County, Texas</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Learn more: Read the full reporting and explore additional resources <a href=\"https://tradeoffs.org/2026/09/17/911-fails-people-in-mental-health-crises-heres-a-plan-to-fix-it/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">on our website</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Want more Tradeoffs? Join more than 5,500 readers who trust Tradeoffs for clear, deeply reported health policy insights. <a href=\"https://tradeoffs.org/about/subscribe/?utm_campaign=show_notes&amp;utm_source=web&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for our free weekly newsletter</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Tradeoffs helps you cut through the noise with clear, deeply reported journalism on the forces driving health care's toughest choices — reporting you won't find anywhere else. If our work helps you stay informed, <a href=\"https://tradeoffs.fundjournalism.org/donate/?utm_campaign=show_notes&amp;utm_source=web&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">support it with a donation today</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode was produced by Christine Herman, edited by Ryan Levi and Dan Gorenstein, and mixed by Andrew Parrella and Cedric Wilson.</p><p><br></p><p>The Tradeoffs theme song was composed by Ty Citerman. Additional music this episode from Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound.</p><p><br></p><p>Tradeoffs reporting for this story was supported, in part, by the Sozosei Foundation.</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks to all our listeners who help to support our work, including Daniel Woflson, Misha Fotoohi, Susan Carrel, Ellise Verheyen, Harold Pollack and David Asher.</p>","author_name":"Tradeoffs"}