Pandemic year sees jump in mental health, homelessness contacts for Seaside police – May 13, 2021

Pandemic year sees jump in mental health, homelessness contacts for Seaside police – May 13, 2021

It was timely coincidence that delivery of the annual report of the Seaside Police Department came the same night as a proclamation for National Police Memorial Week.

The proclamation honored the valor, service, and dedication of all police officer and publicly saluted the service of each of the city’s officers.

Read by Mitch Brown, the department’s communications manager, at Monday’s City Council meeting, the proclamation invited citizens to reflect and remember Sgt. Jason Goodding, the Seaside officer who lost his life in 2016 in the line of duty….

Read the article in the Seaside Signal here.

“I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything; but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”

~Edward Everett Hale

“To end homelessness, a community-wide coordinated approach to delivering services, housing, and programs is needed.” —National Alliance to End Homelessness

“One thing is certain: There is almost always resistance from individuals and organizations seeking to defend the status quo.” —Housing First: Ending Homelessness, Transforming Systems, and Changing Lives

“… middle-class values cannot be imposed on those who have had no access to middle-class comforts.” —Lloyd Pendleton