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Fountain police describe Beacon behavioral-health response, limited overnight coverage
Summary
Fountain Police presented details of the Beacon behavioral-health unit, described services and transport destinations, and clarified hours, reporting and referral practices.
Officer Echo Demarukat, the Fountain Police Department officer assigned to the Beacon unit, told the Fountain City Council on March 18 that Beacon — she said stands for Behavioral Health Connection — pairs an officer with a clinician to respond to mental-health and substance-use crisis calls across the city.
Beacon teams in Fountain combine an on-duty officer and a clinician to “stabilize in place if we can,” Demarukat said, and to transport people to local behavioral-health facilities when needed. "Beacon is Behavioral Health Connection," she said. The teams can transport to Diversus (the local walk-in center), Cedar Springs, Peak View and local hospitals, and can complete evaluations that allow direct admissions, she said.
The program in Fountain currently operates four teams shared regionally…
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