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Lee's Summit highlights co-responder program for mental-health crisis calls
Summary
City narration at the meeting described the police department's co-responder program in which licensed mental-health professionals respond with officers to crisis calls to provide on-scene care and diversion from jail or emergency rooms.
Lee's Summit described its co-responder program at the Sept. 11, 2025 planning commission meeting record, explaining how licensed mental-health professionals respond alongside crisis-intervention-trained officers to mental-health calls and work to connect people to services.
A speaker identified themselves as a mental-health professional and explained the role: "Like, hey. You know, my name's Allison. I'm…
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