![]() ![]() She has also served as a consultant for government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security U.S. ![]() Kaba has trained more than 15,000 law enforcement/first responders, criminal justice stakeholders, educators, and medical and social service professionals. As a marriage and family therapist, her passion as an educator and public speaker inspired her work to create understanding and compassion through partnerships and collaboration within behavioral health, criminal justice and first responder communities. In 2016, Miami-Dade County’s CIT Training Program was praised by former President Barack Obama as a model example of national reform. Since 2003, Kaba has led the 11th Judicial Circuit Criminal Mental Health Project’s Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Program in Miami-Dade County. Habsi Kaba began her career in rehabilitation and recovery 25 years ago. Kaba, Crisis Intervention Team Coordinator, Miami-Dade County Harris now works full time running the Foundation as its President and furthering its mission to eliminate stigma, minimize suffering and improve the lives of people living with serious mental illness. During the painful 10-year journey that ensued and before his accidental death, Matthew and his loved ones encountered virtually every aspect of the country’s badly broken system of care for those with serious mental illnesses. Matthew was a national champion high school debater who excelled at Princeton and was successful in Hollywood following his graduation, before the onset of an ultimately undiagnosed and untreated mental illness. In 2015, after the death of their 34-year-old son Matthew, she along with her husband Norman Ornstein and their surviving son Daniel established the Matthew Harris Ornstein Memorial Foundation. Judy Harris recently retired from the full-time practice of law after more than 45 years in the public and private sectors, having spent much of her career at the global law firm of Reed Smith, specializing in litigation, antitrust and consumer protection and, later, communications and privacy law. Harris, President, Matthew Harris Ornstein Memorial Foundation Sergeant Blackerby has been married for 18 years and has four children. He is currently active as a Patrol Supervisor in the Upper East Side NET as a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) and Field Training Sergeant (FTS). In 2013, he was promoted to Police Sergeant, supervising units in Patrol, the Overtown Problem Solving Team (PST) and Overtown’s first Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Patrol Unit. Within his capacity as a police officer, Sergeant Blackerby spent nine years as a K9 handler and four as a trainer. Sergeant John Blackerby III has been with the City of Miami Police Department for 22 years. Blackerby III, City of Miami Police Department
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