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Lee's Summit police describe co-responder program for mental-health calls
Summary
Police and a licensed mental-health co-responder described a program that pairs specially trained officers and behavioral-health professionals on mental‑health calls and urged callers to request a co-responder when calling 911.
Lee's Summit police presented details of a crisis co-responder program that pairs crisis-intervention team officers with licensed behavioral‑health professionals to respond to mental‑health calls in the community. "We're here, we exist. All you have to do when you call 911 is ask for us," said Allison, a mental‑health co‑responder who described how the team is dispatched and how it works on scenes.
The program, officials said, grew in response to rising mental‑health calls for service. "In 2020, we had 722 mental‑health related calls for…
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