 The LA Times report quotes a former police commissioner suggesting that SMART is an inefficient program and therefore we shouldn't expect them to be useful. Rather, we should expect the police to take care of these issues. I'll respond. Police continuing to kill people in mental health crisis shows that they are inefficient and unreliable. What could it look like to divert the funds that empower these police killings to pay for the already established SMART program to be more quick and effective? Just an idea. Source, the LA Times.