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‘Ernie & Joe: Disaster Cops’ streaming from Billings Farm


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An engaging, going, and important movie about the difficult topic of policing methods

March 4-7—  WOODSTOCK—Billings Farm & Museum’s 11th annual Woodstock Vermont Movie Sequence characteristics the award-successful documentary, “Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops.” “Ernie & Joe” follows two police officers with the San Antonio, Texas, police division who are diverting folks absent from jail and into mental wellness cure, a person 911 simply call at a time.

In confrontations between law enforcement and the mentally unwell, the consequences are frequently traumatic, if not fatal. Recognizing that police officers are often the 1st responders to incidents involving folks with psychological disease, the San Antonio Law enforcement Office has developed an innovative mental overall health unit to steer clear of those unfavorable outcomes. “Ernie & Joe” is an intimate portrait of two of the Texas law enforcement officers who are helping alter the way law enforcement respond to mental wellbeing phone calls. The movie takes audiences on a private journey, weaving together these two officers’ activities in the course of their every day encounters with folks in disaster.

The Woodstock Vermont Movie Collection is developed by Billings Farm & Museum with generous help from community sponsors. Guide sponsors include things like the Woodstock Inn & Resort and the Ellaway Group. For a total listing of films, to master how to view the films, and to acquire tickets and passes, go to billingsfarm.org/filmseries or phone 802-457-5303.

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