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Mark Spencer
Mark Spencer, MD is an internal medicine physician in Atlanta and executive director of Stop Criminalization Of Our Patients (SCOOP). If you are a healthcare or public health worker and would like to utilize SCOOPs curriculum on policing, incarceration, and health at your own institution, email info@joinscoop.org.
Mark's Latest Articles
Opinion — Atlanta and Fulton County need to refocus on policing diversions
As Fulton County's lease of Atlanta's detention center ends, the city and county should commit to utilizing diversion services.
Opinion – How the American healthcare system puts profits over patients
As hospitals continue to close in low-income communities, the American medical system abandons the health of the most vulnerable.
Opinion – The harms of poor policy: The urgent need to end police pursuits
Decades of evidence have shown that the harms of police chases far outweigh any safety benefits, and the Department of Justice has recommended severely limiting police pursuits.



