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St Pete’s shifting of police funding to mental health workers has also reduced suicide: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/st-pe...


Sorry if I missed it somewhere, but this seems to be mere correlation…are they sure it wasn’t because of, for example, the end of COVID shutdowns, or the unusually hot economy in 2021?

Not to discount CALL…I love it and would like to see more of this community support. But a lot of other things changed in 2021 that could impact suicide rates too.




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