In a September 7, 2020 email to his fellow City Councilors, after a summer of protests following the murder of George Floyd, then Councilor Lloyd Snook took issue with the fact that the topic of handling mental health-related police calls differently was not on the Council's agenda.
"Myra Anderson has sent us another email on the topic," Snook wrote. "We have not made any response that I know of. If you look at issues that people nationwide have been talking and marching about, this is perhaps right at the top. Ms. Anderson's last email speaks of a specific proposal for a specific kind of group. I don't know exactly what she is proposing, and I am not endorsing it, but we need to do SOMETHING."
Later, during a September 21, 2020 City Council meeting, Snook announced that he and Councilor Sena Magill wanted to form a "mental health crisis response task force" with Anderson, a mental health care advocate, serving as a representative.
“We hope to have more details on that in a couple of w…
