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Azusa Police, Neighboring PDs to Launch Mental Evaluation Team BY JOE TAGLIERI
Donaly Marquez reacts moments after her name was announced as one of the seven members of 2016 Royal Court.
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[L-R] Erika Winter, Natalie Hernandez-Barber, Rachelle Liu, Sarah Shaklan, Donaly Marquez, Bryce Bakewell and Regina Pullens. - Photos by Terry Miller
The seven members of the 2016 Tournament of Roses Royal Court were announced Monday at Tournament House. Selected from a group of 39 finalists, the Royal Court will attend nearly 100 community and media functions, acting as ambassadors of the Tournament and the Pasadena community at large. Their reign will culminate with the 127th Rose Parade® and the 102nd Rose Bowl Game®
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The announcement follows a month-long process in which more than 900 Pasadena-area young women participated. The Tournament’s Queen and Court Committee made its selections based on a number of criteria including poise, speaking ability, academic achievement, and community and school involvement. The seven Royal Court members are (in alphabetical order): Bryce Ma-
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rie Bakewell (#171), 17, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy; Donaly Elizabeth Marquez (#22), 17, Blair High School; Natalie Breanne Hernandez-Barber (#673), 17, Alverno High School; Rachelle Chacal Renee Liu (#337), 17, San Marino High School; Regina Marché Pullens (#466), 17, Maranatha High School; Sarah Sumiko Shaklan (#443), 17, La Cañada High School; Erika Karen Winter (#562),
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17, Flintridge Preparatory School. “The 2016 Royal Court is comprised of seven impressive young women who – starting today – will be ‘finding adventure’ as we build up to America’s New Year’s Celebration® January 1,” said Ed Morales, chair of the Tournament of Roses Queen and Court Committee. “Over the next few
The Azusa City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health to launch a project aimed at helping police better handle incidents with a mental health component, of which the city has experienced a steady increase in recent years. As the Azusa Police Department and law enforcement agencies throughout the county regularly deal with calls involving people with mental health issues, the need for improving public safety efforts has become increasingly evident. To meet the growing demand for mental health evaluation in the field, the county has initiated the East San Gabriel Mental Evaluation Team, or ESGMET. Similar to existing programs in place throughout the Los Angeles area teaming specially trained social workers with police – such as the Mental Health Department's collaborations with Los Angeles County Sheriff's stations and the Los Angeles, Alhambra and
Burbank police departments – the ESGMET will pair local cops with a clinician tasked with making psychological assessments of individuals that officers encounter as a result of a 911 call. The police officer-clinician tandem will "act as either the first or secondary responder to all mental health-related calls or contacts that have mental health underpinnings," Azusa Police Chief Sam Gonzalez wrote in a staff report to the council. Gonzalez revealed that last year his department responded to 374 calls that involved a mental health crisis. "That seems high for one city," Irma Castaneda, deputy director of the Mental Health Department's Emergency Outreach Bureau, said in an interview in reference to Azusa's tally of calls with a mental health concern. "That is the very reason we want to enter into this
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