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Editor’s note: This story is the second of three this week exploring mental health and highlighting some of the local efforts taking place to improve the community’s overall mental wellness.
When someone is in a mental health crisis and a potential danger to themselves or others, 911 is often the first call. That can lead to tragic encounters, such as one involving a man and the Chatham Police Department in March.
During the incident which garnered community support and attention with its “Speak Out For Gregory” movement on social media Gregory Small’s mother, Keena Small, called 911 and asked police to respond to her home where he son was cutting himself and threatening others.
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After two months of watching their brother recover from multiple gunshot wounds suffered during a mental health crisis where a Chatham Police officer shot him, sisters Sunshine Clemons and Shawnaci Schroeder took to social media this week to speak out for their brother, Gregory Small Jr. It s Mental Health Awareness Month and we really want to highlight changes that are needed in our society,” said Clemons, who is the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Springfield. “We really need a mental health crisis response option other than the police.”
While the sisters hope talking publicly about their family’s recent experience will start productive conversations about mental health and bring awareness to how mental health crisis calls are handled, the family’s primary objective is getting the aggravated assault charge brought against Small dropped.
Chief Mitchell R. Davis III, chief of police of the Hazel Crest Police Department, is the first Black president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police. Chief Davis began his career in law enforcement in Park Forest. (PHOTO SUPPLIED)
Chief Davis is the Association’s First Black President
Chief Mitchell R. Davis III, chief of police of the Hazel Crest Police Department, was installed Friday, April 30, 2021, as president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police. The ceremony occurred at Homewood-Flossmoor High School with family members and other chiefs from the south suburbs as special guests. Attendance was limited due to the pandemic.