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AltaPoint, Mobile Police partner use wrapped outreach vehicle to ease crisis response
Summary
A staff member with AltaPoint said the nonprofit and the Mobile Police Department have been using a newly wrapped outreach vehicle to better identify crisis responders, shorten stops by about 20 minutes and increase trust with people experiencing serious mental illness and homelessness.
A staff member with AltaPoint said the nonprofit has partnered with the City of Mobile and the Mobile Police Department to reduce how often law enforcement is the first responder for people with serious mental illness.
“For the last few years, we have partnered with the city of Mobile and MPD working to cut down on how often law enforcement is the first responders for our seriously mentally ill population,” the staff member said.
The staff member said the program uses a visibly marked outreach vehicle rather than an unmarked Tahoe, which previously caused bystanders…
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