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Dane Binder

Dane Binder

Director of Government Affairs at Community Bridges, Inc. (CBI), a nonprofit behavioral health provider serving Arizona; based in Tucson.

Aug 26, 2026

6:11
Describe a little bit about how Community Bridges assists the law enforcement community in our state.
6:16
Yeah, so for a really long time, and even still, law enforcement in particular is kind of the default for behavioral health issues happening in the communities.
6:25
I think part of it goes back to the stigma that because someone has mental illness, then they're probably dangerous, right? And so that's typically not the case, though.
6:35
It is in some circumstances, but police generally are not equipped.
6:40
They're equipped for law enforcement functions, and social work is not a law enforcement function.
6:44
So police will go out into these communities.
6:47
They'll engage with these folks.

16 MINS LATER

22:53
How does that play out in our behavioral health system when you look to its implementation?

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