SUPPORTERS OF KENDRA’S LAW

Most importantly (and perhaps surprisingly) studies show Kendra’s Law is overwelmingly supported by patients who have been subject to it. Other supporters include the National Alliance for Mental Illness of NYS; Harlem Alliance for the Mentally Ill; American Psychiatric Nurses Association; NYS Sheriff’s Association; NYS Chiefs of Police Association; Public Employees Federation; District Attorney’s Association of the State of N Y and others. The law was endorsed by the New York Times, Newsday, Daily News, New York Post, Albany Times Union, Buffalo News and others.

NATIONAL AOT SUPPORTERS

Department of Justice endorses AOT (DOJ)
International Association of Chiefs of Police endorses AOT
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration endorses AOT (SAMHSA)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality endorses AOT (AHRQ)
National Alliance on Mental Illness endorses AOT (NAMI)
American Psychiatric Association endorses AOT (APA)
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Mental Illness Policy Org
Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC)
National Sheriffs Association endorses AOT (NSA)
National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)

NYS STATE KENDRA’S LAW SUPPORTERS

NYS Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI-NYS)
NYS Association of Chiefs of Police (NYSACOP)
NYS Sheriff’s Association
Public Employees Federation
District Attorney’s Association of State of NY (DAASNY)

Harlem Alliance for the Mentally Ill
NAMI/Familya of Rockland County
NAMI Orange County
NAMI Madison County
NAMI of Buffalo and Erie County
NAMI of Montgomery, Fulton, Hamilton Counties
NAMI Chataqua County
Albany Forensic Task Force
NAMI Schenectady
NAMI/Albany Relatives
Friends of NYS Psychiatric Institute
NAMI Champlain Valley
NAMI of NYC/Staten Island
NAMI Huntington
NAMI North Country

Citizen’s Crime Commission NYC
Westchester County Police Chiefs
Orange County Police Chiefs
Mid-Hudson Chiefs of Police
New Windsor Police Department
Chester, NY Police Department
Mechanicville, Police Department
Cornwall Police Department
Village of Trumansburg Police
Town of Lloyd Police Department
Lowville Police Department
Port Washington Police District
Elmira Heights Police Department
City of Olean Police Department
Highland Falls Police Department
City of Cohoes Police Department
Ardsley Police Department
Plattsburg Police Department
Niagara Police Department
Colonie Police Department
Skanateles Police Department
Webster Police Department
Cambridge-Greenwich Police
West Seneca, NY Police
Franklin County Probation Dept.
Broome County District Attorney

EDITORIAL SUPPORTERS

New York Times
Newsday
New York Post
New York Daily News
Albany Times Union
Buffalo News
Troy News
Oneonta Daily Star
Gannett Ithaca
Gannettt Elmira
Gannett Binghamton
Gannett Westchester
Gannett Rockland

KNOWN ASSEMBLY SUPPORTERS

Abbate
Abinanti
Arroyo
Boyland
Castelli
Ceretto
Cook
Conte
Crouch
DenDekker,
Dinowitz
Englebright
Gabryszak
Goodell
Jaffee
Johns
Jordan
Lupardo
Maisel
Markey
McDonough
Millman
Palmesano
Perry
Pheffer
Pretlow
Paulin
Rabbitt
Raia
Roberts
Robinson
Saladino,
Schimel
Thiele
Tenne
Titone
Weisenberg,
Zebrowski

KNOWN SENATE SUPPORTERS

Addabbo
Alesi
Avella
Bonacic
DeFrancisco
Golden
Lanza
Larkin
Libous
Maziarz
Parker
Skelos
Young

SELECTED INDIVIDUALS

Pat Webdale
Mother of Kendra Webdale
Andrew Goldstein
Pushed Kendra Webdale

To add your name, Contact Mental Illness Policy Org

DJ Jaffe is Executive Director of the non-partisan Mental Illness Policy Org., and author of Insane Consequences: How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill. He is a critic of the mental health industry for ignoring the seriously ill, and has been advocating for better treatment for individuals with serious mental illness for over 30 years. He has written op-eds on the intersection of mental health and criminal justice policy for the New York Times, Wall St. Journal and the Washington Post. New York Magazine has credited him with being the driving force behind the passage of New York’s Kendra’s Law and Congress incorporated ideas proposed by DJ in the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act.