>> Ted: MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY RACHEL MITCHELL TO DISCUSS HER PLANS WITH THE OFFICE AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM OFFICERS THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

WE'LL HEAR ABOUT URGENT CARE CENTERS.

THAT'S NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

PAUL GOSAR NOMINATED HIS FELLOW CONGRESSMAN, ANDY B IRKIGGS, TO BE SPEAKER OF HOUSE.

>> AMERICA KNOWS CONGRESS IS BROKEN.

THE POWER DOESN'T RESIDE IN THE SPEAKER BUT IN "WE THE PEOPLE" EACH INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE, TO REPRESENT THEIR STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WASHINGTON IS BROKEN.

WE'RE THE LAST ONES TO KNOW.

A WISE PERSON ONCE TOLD ME, GOOD PROCESS BUILDS GOOD POLICY, BUILDS GOOD POLITICS.

WE HAVE TO RETURN TO THAT.

IT IS WITH THAT, I PLACE THE NAME WITH MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, ANDY BIGGS, FOR SPEAKER EFFORT HOUSE.

>> Ted: HE WOUND UP THIRD AND HELPED KEVIN MCCARTHY TO BE SPEAKER NOW THAT THE G.O.P BECOMES THE HOUSE.

HE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE REPUBLICAN SUPPORT AND MCCARTHY COULDN'T CONVINCE HOLD-OUT REPUBLICANS TO VOTE FOR HIM AND LOST THE FIRST THREE VOTES BEFORE THE HOUSE ADJOURNED WITHOUT A SPEAKER.

OVER 160 YEARS SINCE A HOUSE HAS TAKEN MORE THAN THREE VOTES TO SIDE.

>>> U.S. NEWS RELEASED A RANKING FOR BEST OVERALL DIET AND THE WINNING IS THE "MEDITERRANEAN DIET."

IT'S SIMPLE PLANT BASED COOKING ON WHOLE GRAINS, BEANS AND SEEDS.

THE WORST DIET IN THE REPORT WAS THE RAW FOOD'S DIET DUE TO LACK OF NUTRITIONAL COMPLETENESS AND DIFFICULTY TO FOLLOW.

>>> RACHEL MITCHELL WON A SPECIAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER TO REMAIN MARICOPA COUNTY AND RETURN TO ADEL AND WE WELCOME RACHEL MITCHELL TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> Ted: CONGRATULATIONS AND WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WON?

>> I THINK THE VOTERS SPOKE LOUD AND CLEAR, THAT THEY SAW THE PLATFORM I WAS PUTTING FORTH AS THE WAY TO ACHIEVE THAT VERSUS A WAY THAT WAS ACTUALLY VERY FOCUSED ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM THAT WAS EXTREME AND I THINK THEY OPTED WITH THE SAFETY FIRST.

>> Ted: THE CHALLENGES FACING THE OFFICE, WHAT DO YOU SEE OUT OF THE GATE HERE?

>> WHEN I TOOK OVER IN APRIL, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE HAD WAS A LOSS OF PERSONNEL AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING STEADILY ON THAT AND WE'VE TAKEN IT FROM A 20% DEFICIT DOWN TO A 9% DEFICIT.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL THAT ARE THERE TO COVER OUR JOB DESCRIPTION.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO BUILD BACK THE RELATIONSHIP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO ATTACK SOME OF THE CRIME TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING, SUCH AS FENTANYL, ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT AND WE'RE GOING WORK ON THE BACKLOGS THAT REMAIN.

>> Ted: RETAINING AND RECRUITING PEOPLE FOR THE OFFICE OFFICE, WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW DID YOU GET THEM BACK?

>> WE SAW MORE PEOPLE WERE LEAVING THAN COMING IN THE DOOR AND THERE WASN'T REALLY AN ORGANIZEDDEST TO REACH OUTORGANIZE EFFORT TO REAP OUT.

REACH OUT.

WE EXPRESSED TO PEOPLE WHAT THIS OFFICE IS ABOUT AND WHAT THIS OFFICE IS ALL ABOUT IS SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAFE.

AND WHEN WE STARTED SAYING, LOOK, THESE ARE THE PROSECUTORS THAT ARE TAKING THE HAND OF 5-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN AND WALKING THEM TO THE STAND SO THAT THAT CHILD CAN RECEIVE JUSTICE FOR HIM OR HER, PEOPLE STARTED TUNING IN AND SAYING, WOW, THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF.

>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED -- I KNOW IN THE DEBATES BECAUSE I REMEMBER THIS WAS A SPIRITED DISCUSSION REGARDING INCARCERATION.

CAN, SHOULD THE OFFICE WORK TO INCARCERATE FEWER PEOPLE?

>> I THINK THE OFFICE NEEDS TO LOOK AT EVIDENCE-BASED REFORMS.

AND IF THAT RESULTS IN FEWER PEOPLE BEING INARSON BEING INCARCERATED, I'M FOR THAT.

ONE OF THE WAYS TO TACKLE THAT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING OUR DIVERSION PROGRAM.

WE HAVE ONE THAT'S SUCCESSFUL, BUT I THINK THERE ARE WAYS TO EXPAND IT AND IF THAT RESULTS IN FEWER PEOPLE BEING BEING INCARCERATE SO FOCUS ON THE MORE DANGEROUS, I'M FOR THAT.

>> Ted: ARIZONA INCARCERATING MORE THAN ANY OTHER STATE.

WHY IS THAT?

>> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CERTAIN LAWS THAT REQUIRE INCARCERATION BASED ON PRIORS AND I THINK IF PEOPLE REALIZE WHAT THE MANDATORY SENTENCES WERE FOR IN ARIZONA, THEY WOULD BE FOR THEM.

FOR EXAMPLE, MANDATORY SENTENCES FOR RAPISTS, CHILD MOLESTERS, FOR FELONY PRIORS.

SO IT'S A SITUATION WHERE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE AGAINST THOSE LAWS, BUT THEY DO RESULT IN SOME INCARS RACE.

INCARCERATION.

WE HAVE TO DIVERT THE LESS SERIOUS ONES OUTSIDE OF THAT.

>> Ted: YOU SUPPORT THOSE THAT DON'T SUPPORT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> YOU KNOW, TED, MY BACKGROUND AS A SEX CRIME'S PROSECUTOR AND SO WE OPERATED VERY HEAVILY ON THE RESEARCH-BASED PRACTICES AND LOOKED AT NOT JUST THE ACTUAL CRIME, BUT WE LOOKED AT THE RISK OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND WE LOOKED AT WHETHER THERE WAS TREATMENT AVAILABLE FOR SOME THE LOWER-LEVEL OFFENSES.

NOT THAT ALL SEX CRIME'S OFFENSES AREN'T VERY SERIOUS.

WE CAN DO THAT HERE AND LOOK AT, ARE THESE DRUG FUELED OR ARE THEY THINGS WHERE THIS PERSON IS ACTUALLY A DANGER TO SOCIETY REGARDLESS OF DRUGS?

JUST EVEN THAT DISTINCTION.

THE FACT OF WHETHER THEY USE A GUN WHETHER THEY DON'T USE A GUN.

THOSE ARE RISK FACTORS AND FOCUS ON THE RIS RISKIER INDIVIDUALS.

>> Ted: HAVE THEY NOT BEEN LOOKED AT IN THE PAST?

>> THERE'S NOT BEEN A CONCERTED EFFORT TO MAKE THAT THE DRIVING FORCE IN HOW THEY HANDLE CASES.

I'M COMMITTED TO DOING THAT AND I'VE ALREADY OBTAINED THE SERVICES OF COMING TO COME IN AND TRAIN ATTORNEYS ON RISK FACTORS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAMMER THAT HOME AND CONTINUE THAT THROUGHOUT.

>> Ted: ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE OFFICE IS POLICE MISCONDUCT CASES, HANDLING THESE KIND OF THINGS.

YOUR OPPONENTS, INDEPENDENT UNITS AND THERE'S AN INHERENT CONFLICT OF INTERESTING TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW AS FAR AS MISCONDUCT.

IS THERE A VALID POINT THERE?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT TAKING ONE OF THESE CASE, WE DON'T INVOLVE OURSELVES WHERE WE KNOW THE INDIVIDUAL.

WE WOULD CONFLICT INDIVIDUAL PROSECUTORS.

BUT IT KIND OF DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WITH WHAT IS SAID, WE'LL HAVE UNITS WORKING WITHIN THE OFFICE TO MAKE DECISIONS.

WELL, INHERENTLY, THE INDIVIDUAL WILL WORK WITH THE POLICE.

WHAT'S DANGEROUS, IT TARGETS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS VERSUS A TYPE OF CRIME.

SECONDLY, IT DOESN'T SEEK TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE UNIQUE CHALLENGES TO A POLICE OFFICER'S JOB AND THERE ARE UNIQUE TECHNIQUES THAT ARE TAUGHT TO THEM AND THERE'S A REASON THEY'RE TAUGHT TO THEM.

AND IT JUST GOES AFTER THEM AS INDIVIDUALS.

I THINK THAT'S WHOLLY INAPPROPRIATE.

WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE POLICE WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOBS APPROPRIATELY.

>> Ted: BUT IS THAT MESSAGE, WHAT JUST SAID, DID DOES THAT GET LOST AS FAR AS WHAT THE COMMUNITY SEES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, THEY DON'T THINK THE RETRIBUTION OR PUNISHMENT, WHATEVER HAPPENS AFTERWARDS IS ENOUGH.

WHAT YOU SAID MAKES SENSE AS FAR AS FROM WHERE YOU SIT, BUT FROM OTHERS SIT, DO YOU SEE HOW THEY'RE NOT BUYING IT?

>> THAT'S INCUMBENT ON ME WHEN WE'RE MAKING A DECISION TO COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE POLICE, TO THE FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS INJURED, WATT BASIS FOR OUR DECISION IS.

WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THIS WAS NOT REASONABLE AND NOT JUSTIFIED.

THAT'S A HIGH BURDEN.

IT'S A HIGH BURDEN ANY TIME WE CHARGE A CASE.

SO I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ME TO TALK ABOUT OR COMMUNICATE THE REASONS FOR THOSE DECISIONS.

BUT I TAKE THOSE DECISIONS VERY SERIOUSLY.

NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW, NOT A POLICE OFFICER, NOT A PROSECUTOR.

>> Ted: HAS THE OFFICE SUFFICIENTLY TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT AND COMMUNICATE WITH MINORITY COMMUNITIES ABOUT LAW AND ORDER ISSUES?

>> YES.

WE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THEM AND WE'LL INCREASE THAT THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN GROUPS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE HERE FOR THEM AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IN ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THOSE AREAS OF TOWN THAT TEND TO BE MORE ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED AND THOSE WILL BE HIT THE HARDEST BY THE RETAIL THEFT GANGS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO STOP THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE PEOPLE SUFFERING IN THAT COMMUNITY.

WE'RE REEFING OUT REACHING OUT TO SAY WE ARE HERE FOR YOU AND WE DO REPRESENT YOU.

WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO INCREASE DIVERSITY RECRUITMENT.

WE HAVE USED THE RECRUITMENT PROGRAM I REFERRED TO A LITTLE BIT AGO TO SPECIFICALLY RECRUIT FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT OUR OFFICES, THEY SEE PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM, TOO, SO THAT THEY FEEL THAT SENSE OF REPRESENTATION.

I KNOW THAT IS IMPORTANT.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION BECAUSE ABORTION WAS A BIG QUESTION AND A LEAD AND WE'RE GETTING A BIG QUESTION THAT THE 15-WEEK BAN SEEMS THAT SOME SEEMS TO BE THE LAW OF THE LAND AND WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THIS?

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN UP TO THE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT BY ONE METHOD OR ANOTHER.

OBVIOUSLY, EITHER GOING TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT SAYS ON THAT.

BUT AT THIS POINT, THAT IS THE -- THE COURT HAS SPOKEN AND I'VE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING THAT IT IS NOT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S JOB TO DECIDE WHAT THE LAW IS.

IT'S THE LEGISLATURE'S JOB TO PASS THE LAW AND THE COURT'S JOB TO DETERMINE WHAT THE LAW SAYS OR INTERPRET THE LAW.

THEY'VE DONE THAT AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL FOLLOW THE LAW AND WE'RE GOING TO APPLY THE SAME STANDARDS THAT WE USE FOR EVERY OTHER CASE SHOULD ONE EVEN COME ACROSS OUR THRESHOLD.

>> Ted: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, WHAT LEADERS IN A BUSINESS COMMUNITY ARE HOPING TO SEE THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

EACH YEAR BEFORE THE START OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WE HEAR FROM ADVOCATES ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM LAWMAKERS E START TONIGHT WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

WE WELCOME DANIEL SI DERICK N, PRESIDENT AND CEO FROM THE COMMERCE INDUSTRY AND THE GREATER PHOENIX CHAMBER.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE THIS SESSION AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE MAP?

>> WE'VE ENJOYED AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES.

WE'VE LOWERED THE TAX BURDEN AND THE ECONOMY IS BOOMING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF MEMBER AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE FIRST IS ANY ROLLBACK OF THE GAINS.

YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS WE GROW TO HAVE THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH.

WE'RE TALKING REAL INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS, ENERGY AND WATER.

THOSE ARE WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON ALONG WITH MANY MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

>> Ted: PHOENIX IN PARTICULAR, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE?

>> I THINK DANNY IS RIGHT.

WE'RE IN SUCH A GREAT SPOT, ESPECIALLY COLLEAGUES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

WE ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD.

FOR ME, THINKING ABOUT MY TIME WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WE HAD A REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE AND WHERE THERE COULD BE POINTS OF AGREEMENT AND EVERYBODY WANTS A GOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME EMPHASIS ONLY THINGS LIKE DUAL ENROLLMENT CERTIFICATION FOR KIDS.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO GET GOOD WORK DONE.

>> Ted: LEGISLATURE, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THERE?

>> IT'S INTERESTING AND HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE THE DAYS OF NAPOLITANO AND WE'LL SEE THE GOVERNMENT SEEING THINGS TO WORK ON TOGETHER.

NO MATTER WHAT, YOU HAVE TO GOVERN AND PASS A BUDGET AND I DON'T KNOW A SINGLE GOVERNOR WHO DOESN'T LIKE ECONOMIC GROWTH.

THERE WILL BE AREAS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE BUSINESS AREA TO WORK TOGETHER.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS ECONOMIC GROWTH IS CONCERNED, WHAT IS WORKING RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS NEEDED?

>> ESSENTIALLY THE TAX STRUCTURE WE HAVE TODAY IS STRONG AND WHAT WE KNOW IS HAPPENING IN ARIZONA, THERE ARE MORE JOBS THAN PEOPLE AND WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE DOING THAT ACROSS THE BOARD AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS TO GET KIDS EITHER TO GRADUATE WITH DUAL ENROLLMENT AND YEAR 13, A TWO-YEAR DEGREES AND CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY.

TSMC, THEY'RE BETWEEN THE CROSS-ROADS AND THAT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IS KEY AND A WORKFORCE TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE IT.

>> Ted: MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN CRANES.

YOU MENTIONED INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NOW TO BUILD WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE, THE 303 AND I-17 AND HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN THAT?

WHAT CAN THE LEGISLATURE DO?

>> GREAT QUESTIONS.

SO THERE'S A PROPOSAL, PROP 400, A PARTIAL SALES TAX INCREASE TO COVER ROADS TO HELP WITH THAT AND ANOTHER PROGRAM, TODD'S GROUP AND MY GROUP, TITLE 42 TO HELP42.IF YOU'RE A MAJOR MANUFACTURING, YOU CAN BUILD PUBLIC WORKS TO GROW THAT FACILITY.

SO IT PAYS FOR ITSELF.

WE'VE CAPPED OUT ON THAT AND WE NEED TO RAISE THE CAP.

IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

>> Ted: WATER, ENERGY RESOURCES AND WHAT ARE THE WANTS AS FAR AS PHOENIX IS CONCERNED?

>> AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITY, I THINK THEY HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF ENSURING A WATER SUPPLY THAT'S LONG TERM AND MARICOPA AND ARIZONA SOLUTION TO COMPLIMENT THAT.

>> THE >> Ted: STATE-WIDE WATER IS DIFFERENT THAN MARICOPA AND CUTS IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

>> TO TODD'S POINT, YOU HEAR IT ALL OF THE TIME, WE USE LESS WATER THAN 1957 AND LONGING AT TWO MAIN STRATEGIES AND ONE IS CONSERVATION AND THE OTHER IS AUGMENTATION AND WHERE CAN WE CONSERVE AND WHERE CAN WE GROW?

>> Ted: WHAT ABOUT GREEN ENERGY?

IT'S CATCHING ON AND IS IT CATCHING ON ENOUGH IN ARIZONA?

>> YOU HAVE COMPANIES LIKE APPLE, TSMC AND THEY HAVE COMMITMENT TO ENERGY BUILDS.

YOU LOOK LIKE INTEL AND THEY'RE WATER POSITIVE AND THEY'RE USING TECHNOLOGIES AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE MARKET DEMANDING IT AND NOT GOVERNMENT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO SELL TO APPLE, HAVE GREEN ENERGY IN THE MARKET AND THAT'S WHAT OUR COMPANIES ARE DOING.

>> Ted: CAN GOVERNMENT, THOUGH, BOOST THINGS?

>> I THINK THEY'VE DONE A REASONABLE JOB OF MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT GUIDELINES IN PLACE AND CREATED THE CERTAINTY.

I THINK TO DANNY'S POINT, IF WE BRING COMPANIES IN TO BE DEMANDING THESE TYPES OF ENERGY STRATEGY AND WATER STRATEGY, THAT'S A PART OF THAT SOLUTION.

>> Ted: TO YOUR PREVIOUS SOLUTION WITH TRAINING AND WORKFORCE, EDUCATION, ARE WE DOING ENOUGH?

THERE'S SO MUCH CONCERN.

>> THIS IS ALL OPPORTUNITY.

THE PHOENIX CHAMBER FOUNDATION, WE HAVE COLLEGE AND CAREER COACHES EMBEDDED IN THIS SYSTEM.

THE TIME LAST YEAR, WE INCREASED DUAL ENROLLMENT BY 40% AND THAT'S JUST MY ORGANIZATION AND CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE FOCUSED ON INCENTIVIZING FOR KIDS AND TEACHERS?

THAT JUST IN A FEW YEARS CAN CREATE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT INTO THE SYSTEM.

>> Ted: DANNY, WRITE A BILL FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO HANDLE AND ADDRESS THE KINDS OF WORKFORCE THAT THESE BIG OLD COMPANIES ARE NEEDING.

>> WE'RE DOING IT AND WE HAVE THESE COMPLIMENTARY PROGRAMS TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THE FIRST ONE WAS DRIVE 48 WITH A FEW MILLION DOLLARS AND TURNED CENTRAL ARIZONA COLLEGE INTO A LUCID MODEL ASSEMBLY LINE AND MILLIONS HAVE COME OUT WITH A CERTIFICATE AND A MINIMAL INVESTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO PRODUCING THE LABOR WE NEED.

>> IT'S MAKING KIDS FOE NEAR IN KNOW THEY'RE IN A DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASS AND HELPING TEACHERS GET CERTIFIED TO TEACH IT AND THEN, ALSO, TO PROVIDE SOME DOLLARS FOR LOW INCOME KIDS TO ENSURE THEY'RE ABLE TO COMPETE.

THIS ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE.

WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THIS AND WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO IT.

>> Ted: I LIKE TO ASK ABOUT VENTURE CAPITAL AND WHAT CAN BE DONE?

FOR FAR TOO LONG, ARIZONA HAS BEEN A SPOKE ON THE WHEEL, AND WE ARE HAVING AN INCREASE COMING INTO THE STATE, BUYING UP PORTIONS OF COMPANIES AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT.

IT GOES WHERE IT'S MOST WANTED AND STAYS WHERE IT'S MOST WELCOME.

THE MOST WELCOME ENVIRONMENT FOR CAPITAL AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND HAVING A LOT OF MEETINGS AND THE COMMERCE WOULD TELL YOU WE'VE GROWN EXPONENTIALLY.

>> THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR VENTURE CAPITAL TO BE IN ARIZONA.

>> Ted: TODD AND DANNY, GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH AND CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL OF THE SUCCESS THAT YOU HAVE HAD IN THE RECENT YEARS AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> HAPPY NEW YEAR!

>> Ted: THANK YOU.

(PIANO PLAYING) >> Ted: MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY CAN OCCUR ANY DAY AND NIGHT AND A COMPANY CALLED MIND 24/7 OFFERS CARE AT ITS URGENT CARE CENTERS AND WE HAVE THE CEO AND FOUNDER OF 24/7.

WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> Ted: MENTAL HEALTH URGENT CARE CENTER.

TALK TO US ABOUT THIS.

>> I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK AROUND THE WORLD AND SEE THINGS DONE IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND BEING ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO IT WHEN THEY NEED IT, WHICH IS USUALLY RIGHT NOW AND WHEREVER THEY ARE.

>> Ted: OPEN 24/7 AND APPOINTMENTS NOT NEEDED.

>> THE TYPICAL TIME TO GET A PSYCHIATRIC APPOINTMENT RIGHT NOW IN THE COUNTRY IS THREE WEEKS TO SIX WEEKS.

FOR US, AN AVERAGE OF 20 MINUTES THAT YOU WALK DURING THE DOOR.

>> Ted: WHAT KIND OF EXPERTS DO YOU HAVE?

>> PSYCHIATRISTS, SECRETARY NURSES, LICENSED THERAPISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND THE GAMUT IN THE BUILDING.

>> Ted: THREE LEVELS OF CARE AND THE FIRST PSYCH EXPRESS CARE AND WHAT IS THAT?

>> AN URGENT WALK-IN CARE.

IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT YOU NEED AND KNOW YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL AND YOU NEED TO GET CHECKED OUT, IN ALLOWS YOU TO BE SEEN AND ON YOUR WAY HOME AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER.

>> Ted: THIS PREVENTS UNNECESSARY CARE.

>> EXACTLY.

>> Ted: THERE'S PSYCH CRISIS CARE AND THIS IS SERIOUS.

>> INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT AND WHAT'S GOING ON AND OBSERVE THEM OVER A 24-HOUR PERIOD AND OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.

IF YOU GO IN A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, YOU'LL BE THERE A WEEK TO TWO WEEKS AND IF WE CAN PREVENT THAT, WE SAVE THE COMMUNITY A LOT OF MONEY AND WE ULTIMATELY GIVE THE PATIENTS THE BEST OUTCOME.

>> Ted: HOLDING FOR 24 HOURS, IS THERE SPACE?

>> OUR FACILITIES ARE DESIGNED SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE AND OBSERVE ALL PATIENTS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL OF THE THINGS GOING ON.

>> Ted: THE LAST IS PSYCH PROGRESSIONS AND SOUNDS LIKE IT'S TRANSITIONAL HEALTHCARE OF SOME KIND.

>> THE GOAL HERE FOR US IS ONCE WE'VE CAUGHT YOU, WHETHER YOU'VE COME THROUGH AN EMERGENCY FASHION OR URGENT FASHION IN EXPRESS, OUR GOAL IS TO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO NAVIGATE WHERE YOU NEED TO GO.

MOST OF THE TIME, PEOPLE NEED SUPPORT.

SO PROGRESSION ALLOWS US TO DO THE THINGS FOR THE PATIENT AND HELP THEM GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE IN THE LONG RUN WITHOUT CYCLING BACK THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

>> Ted: IS THIS FOR FOLKS TO COME BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN WITH THE SAME ISSUE?

>> YOU SEE PEOPLE 60 DAYS LATER AND TO STOP THAT BACK-DOOR PEOPLE THROUGH THE SYSTEM, WE HAVE TO CONNECT THEM AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO DROP THAT FROM A HALF TO 10%.

>> Ted: AGE RANGE?

>> AS YOUNG AS THREE AND OLD AS 92 IN OUR BUILDING.

>> Ted: TWO IN PHOENIX AND ONE LOCATION IN MESA, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT, ONE IN PHOENIX ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN AND EXCITED ABOUT GROWING.

>> Ted: I SAW THIS QUOTE, FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OF SERVICES.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> WHEN IT'S 9:30 AT NIGHT ON A FRIDAY AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO TAKE YOURSELF OR YOUR KID, YOU HAVE AN ANSWER.

INSTEAD OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM, WE CAN BE THAT WELCOMED DOOR FOR YOU AND YOU GET THE CARE YOU NEED RIGHT AWAY.

>> Ted: JEFF, THANK YOU, SIR, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!

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