LYNN — Leaders of the mayor’s office’s unarmed response initiative will host a public forum on Wednesday, July 19 to take questions from and update the public on their efforts.
The event, which will be held at Marshall Middle School at 5:30 p.m., is hosted by Faustina Cuevas, Lynn’s diversity, equity, and inclusion officer.
“We’re going to speak on what the goals of the response team are and all the services available in Lynn,” Cuevas said.
Cuevas has been the point person for the unarmed response initiative for around two years and said the initiative’s leaders will be updating stakeholders and community members on their progress and future plans for the program.
According to Cuevas, some of the future plans discussed will be the program’s branding, potential team members, and what the program’s structure will look like.
“We want the community to have input on a few things,” Cuevas said. “We want them to understand what we’re trying to do and to provide any answers they may have and present any thoughts or comments.”
Intended partnerships with Eliot Community Human Service’s Community Behavioral Health Center and the Lynn Police Behavioral Health Intervention Program, which will each have representatives present, will be discussed at the forum.
The unarmed response initiative was previously known as the ALERT program, which was created out of efforts of the Lynn Racial Justice Coalition in 2020.
