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  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Home Box Office (HBO)
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Home Box Office (HBO)
  • 1 h 36 m

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 a dra...

Directed By: Jenifer McShane

  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Home Box Office (HBO)
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Home Box Office (HBO)
  • 1 h 36 m

Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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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 a dra...

Directed By: Jenifer McShane

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100
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.
By Bobby LePire FULL REVIEW
80
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.
By Kevin Crust FULL REVIEW
80
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.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
60
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.
By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Nov 15, 2019
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating TV-MA
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Awards

SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Port Townsend Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Santa Fe International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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