In 2020, as protests against police brutality took to the streets of Denver, the city launched a long-planned program to remove officers from situations that would be better served by social workers. And so the support team-assisted response, widely known as STAR, started with a single van and a limited driver to see how things …
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“The pervasive sentiment shared by all is that regardless of your personal journey and experiences with mental health, you are not alone.” In 2017, when New York lawyer and avid cyclist Mac Dorris founded The Ride for Mental Health in New Paltz, New York, it was a way to find hope, healing and purpose after …
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This article was originally published in The print edition of Cycling Weekly in the long term MY FITNESS CHALLENGE Series. When he wasn’t riding ‘undercover’ to catch motorists endangering cyclists, ‘Operation Close Pass’ founder PC Mark Hodson trained with his local Tamworth RMCC club. But last fall he was diagnosed with an inflammatory arthritis disease …
