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SFDPH-Specific Resources
HCW4A Linktree
Check out our linktree to get the most up-to-date information on our campaigns and SFGH-specific resources on navigating police presence, contacting or visiting patients in custody, medical advocacy, and current hospital policies.
Videos
Toolkits
Articles
Take the Punishment out of Healthcare
Written by Karim Sariahmed and Vanessa Van Doren, this 2017 piece from Medium highlights the complexity of intertwining medical care with police violence.
A Touch of Delirium and a Silver Badge: Challenges of Integrating Security and Healing in Hospitals
A 2017 piece by UCSF physician Juliana E. Morris examining the intersection between law enforcement and healthcare here at SFGH.
Abolishing Policing Also Means Abolishing Family Regulation
This June 2020 article by Dorothy Roberts in The Chronicle of Social Change highlights the problematic plan to divert funds to child welfare authorities which will lead to increased state surveillance and control of black communities.
We Can’t Just Replace Cops With Social Workers
A July 2020 Slate article by Jonathon Foiles that critically reviews concepts around expanding role of social workers to replace law enforcement.
When Health Care And Law Enforcement Intersect In Trauma Care, What Rules Apply?
A 2018 Article by Sara Jacoby, Elinore Kaufman, Therese Richmond and Daniel Holena from Health Affairs. Discussion around intersection of law enforcement and healthcare from policy and oversight perspectives.
Cops Are Illegally Detaining and Hurting Mental Health Patients
A January 2020 Vice article by Molly Taft that delves into Vermont’s harmful use of law enforcement in emergency rooms.
Podcasts
This American Life: Episode 579, My Damn Mind
In this episode from 2016, Alan Pean - an unarmed, handcuffed patient - is shot in his hospital room.
Justice in America: Podcast by The Appeal
Hosted by Josie Duffy Rice, president of The Appeal, along with guest hosts Darnell Moore, Donovan X. Ramsey, Derecka Purnell, and Zak Cheney Rice. Each episode explains a new criminal justice issue and features conversations with experts and advocates.