Proactive Alliance Homeless Outreach and Engagement

Saturday, October 19, 2024

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Location: 253A

Submitter and Speaker(s)

Dimitrios Mastoras

Co-Founder, Executive Vice President
Safe Night LLC
Madison, Connecticut, United States
Nate Schwiethale

Patrol Officer, Homeless Outreach Team
Wichita (KS) Police Department
Wichita, Kansas, United States

Speaker(s)

Sally Stang

Director
City of Wichita Housing and Community Services Department

This session will discuss the foundation of relationship-based policing and the need for law enforcement agencies to adopt multidisciplinary approaches when developing homeless outreach teams and programs. Relationship-based policing helps law enforcement build relationships with people experiencing homelessness and collateral agencies to enhance evidence-based policing strategies such as problem-oriented policing. The session will cover the importance of developing a unified homeless outreach strategy and adopting a shared philosophy by all stakeholders, highlighting the Wichita, Kansas, Police Department's nationally recognized Homeless Outreach Team.