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Police department describes co‑responder program aimed at de‑escalating mental‑health crises
Summary
Police and co‑responder staff told the Finance and Budget Committee that the department's co‑responder program pairs specially trained officers with licensed mental health professionals to stabilize crisis scenes and connect people to services, with a goal of diverting calls from jails and emergency rooms.
Lee's Summit police officials and co‑responder staff briefed the Finance and Budget Committee on Oct. 6 about the department's crisis intervention work and its co‑responder program, which pairs officers with licensed behavioral health professionals to respond to mental‑health calls.
A police presenter explained the department "did initiate the crisis intervention team program" to train officers for de‑escalating crisis situations and…
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