Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops

Name: Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 15, 2019
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Ernie Stevens, Joe Smarro

2019

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HBO Documentary Films | Release Date: November 15, 2019 | TV-MA

Starring: Ernie Stevens, Joe Smarro

Summary: Part of the San Antonio Police Department’s ten-person mental health unit, Ernie Stevens and Joe Smarro are putting compassionate policing practices into action. Ernie & Joe chronicles their daily encounters with people in crisis, showing how their innovative approach to policing – which takes mental health into account – is having aPart of the San Antonio Police Department’s ten-person mental health unit, Ernie Stevens and Joe Smarro are putting compassionate policing practices into action. Ernie & Joe chronicles their daily encounters with people in crisis, showing how their innovative approach to policing – which takes mental health into account – is having a dramatic effect on the way police respond to these challenges.… Expand

Director: Jenifer McShane

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 96 min

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Bobby LePire

Mar 14, 2019

To be perfectly honest, as a movie Ernie And Joe is a somewhat routine affair. Follow subjects, interview subjects, point, shoot, move on. And most of the time that would be a problem, creating a lack of engagement or energy. However, McShane is intelligent enough to realize that trying to add pizazz to what is being portrayed here, especially in this particular climate of police relations with citizens, would ring hollow. ... Ernie And Joe struck a deeply personal core with me, as I am sure it will with most audience members. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Mar 14, 2019

As well as building a strong case, through example, of the implications for towns and cities across the country, the film delivers telling glimpses of the personal day-to-day coping mechanisms of the cops themselves. Read full review

Kevin Crust

Nov 14, 2019

Moving in its humanity and forceful in its pragmatism, the documentary feels like essential viewing, especially for decision makers with the power to enact similar initiatives. Read full review

Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

Nov 14, 2019

As promising as Ernie and Joe’s program may seem, there is no insight into whether the nation’s law enforcement agencies are prioritizing these humane methods. Read full review

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