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To Whom It May Concern,
I am thrilled)to be able to support the Port Angeles Police Department's grant application for the
Arrest and Jail Alternatives Law Enforcement Grant.Our police department, in conjunction,with
other community organizations, has been working diligently to improve outcomes for all members of
our community,especially through the REdisCOVERY program.This grant would allow them to
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t continue the great work they are already doing and provide the op
portunity to expand our current
programs, It is critical for our community that programs like REdisCO ERY continue and have the
r opportunity to grow and expand to better meet the needs of our vulnerable populations.The
collaboration this grant represents is worth,celebrating and is an amazing,example of how great
things can be accomplished when people come together to serve the community.
The work currently being done through REdisCOVERY is gettling,people into non-emergency
community behavioral health services.The relationships being built by the social worker, pollice
officers, and volunteers are helping build more resilience, stability and improving the wellkbeing of
our entire community and specifically making a lasting difference in the lives of people with whom
they work directly. By working directly with individuals in our community they have also been able to
reduce the number of visits to the Emergency Department at our local hospital.. Expanding the scope
of the collaboration to include additional l services such as a community paramedic program,will only
improve these outcoimes.
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I am grateful every day for the REdis+CDVERY program—for the cost savings to the commiunity, for
the community resilience that is being built, and most importantly the work happening daily to show
our most vulnerable community members that they matter.The possibility of expanding this work is
so exciting,
I urge you to fund this grant for Port Angeles Police Department and help expand thiis critical work in
our community. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
ate Dexter, Mayor
City of Port Angeles
Phone: 360-4 t 7.43 t1 Fax: 360-417-4 0 TTY: 360m4'1 7-4 43
Web site, www,cityofpa.us/Email,: courucul@cityofpa,us
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