Prof. Partinnin-Lowe- Thanks for reading and your thoughtful response. Exploring multi-disciplinary solutions makes sense, like the CAHOOTS mental health response model in Oregon that I mentioned in the article. The challenges are funding, scope, and feasibility. Police departments run 24/7. Calls for service come in all day and night. Criminal activity never takes a day off. There's 24/7 traffic enforcement. Most deadly encounters happen on traffic stops, as opposed to static incidents where there's time to call out specialists and/or a SWAT team. Finding qualified specialists (mental health experts, social workers, etc), let alone specialists with mixed ethnic backgrounds and ethnic heritage, could be a tall order. And would such specialists want to put themselves at risk responding to police incidents? I like your ideas, and they would improve social trust. But how to pay for it all? Some police agencies have mental health experts on call for critical incidents. Maybe this idea could be broadened to have such specialists work the day and night shifts at police departments. Maybe ride along with an officer, thus being more readily available? There are many more ideas, but I've rambled enough here. I'm encouraging my former police colleagues to explore all options, listen, think outside the box, and find solutions. We have to.