2025 Safer Outcomes / Enhancing De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training / Law Enforcement Agencies Program / Grant Award
Council File 26-1011
Under review — the city is seeking council approval for a grant to fund de-escalation and crisis response training for police, but it's currently with the Budget and Finance and Public Safety committees for evaluation.
Brief
The Mayor, via City Administrative Officer report, is requesting council approval for a grant award under the 2025 Safer Outcomes program focused on enhancing de-escalation and crisis response training for Los Angeles law enforcement agencies. The file was introduced July 17, 2026, and is currently pending review in both the Budget and Finance Committee and Public Safety Committee. The underlying grant and training initiative aims to improve officer response to mental health crises and reduce use-of-force incidents.
Full summary
The Mayor has submitted a request for City Council approval of a grant award under the 2025 Safer Outcomes program, with the stated goal of enhancing de-escalation and crisis response training across law enforcement agencies operating in Los Angeles. The program targets improved police responses to individuals in mental health crisis, substance use situations, and other non-criminal emergencies where de-escalation techniques can reduce harm and lower use-of-force incidents. The substantive focus of the grant is training delivery — equipping officers with skills and protocols to defuse tense situations without resorting to force, and to recognize and respond appropriately to behavioral health crises. The City Administrative Officer report dated July 6, 2026, provides the fiscal analysis and recommendations supporting the grant award. The file was introduced on July 17, 2026, and referred immediately to the Budget and Finance Committee and Public Safety Committee for review. As of July 21, the file remains pending in both committees. With an expiration date of July 17, 2028, the file has approximately two years for final council action. No committee votes or council votes have yet been recorded.
Activity (2)
- 2026-07-21 City Administrative Officer document(s) referred to Budget and Finance Committee; Public Safety Committee.
- 2026-07-17 Document submitted by the Mayor, City Administrative Officer report dated July 6, 2026.
Documents (1)
- 2026-07-06 Report from City Administrative Officer · report