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CAP program reports hiring gains, expanded behavioral health units and increased transfers from police
Summary
Phoenix officials told the subcommittee April 2 that the city’s Crisis Assistance Program (CAP) has increased staffing, expanded behavioral health coverage and is transferring more calls from police to crisis teams.
Assistant Fire Chief Ray Ochoa and CAP administrator DC Ernst briefed the Public Safety and Justice Subcommittee April 2 on staffing, operations and recent program growth for the city’s CAP behavioral health and crisis response units.
Ochoa said CAP is about 80% staffed with ongoing background checks and recent hiring rounds; the program runs six behavioral health units seven days a week (23.5 hours daily) and six crisis response units with varying daily coverage. The…
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