RideAlong

We save lives by giving police and health workers key info to safely…

y-combinatorSummer 2017GovTech Healthtech 🇺🇸 San Francisco2 people

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Meredith Hitchcock · 1 founder

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RideAlong is a software tool that gives patrol officers key information about people with mental illness at the scene—everything from tailored de-escalation techniques to personalized service referral options.

Founder

Meredith Hitchcock

Founder/COO

Current: Director of UX Research at Lyra Health. Co-founded RideAlong, software that integrated with police record management systems to help improve responses to people experiencing severe mental illness and homelessness. Worked with police departments, sheriffs offices, and public health departments. Previous experience also includes Airbnb, Airbnb.org, Promise, Code for America, and Google.

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