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Miami Beach committee weighs co-responder crisis model; police cite 24250K pilot cost and ask for more data
Summary
Police and mental-health partners described a co-responder pilot (clinician + peer specialist + officers) shown elsewhere to reduce calls; staff cited a 24250,000 one-year operating cost and asked to return in July with comparative data and options to reassign an officer for a pilot to avoid immediate new operating costs.
Miami Beach police officials and regional mental-health partners briefed the committee June 10 on a proposed co-responder crisis-intervention pilot that would pair officers with licensed clinicians and peer specialists to respond to behavioral-health crises.
Assistant Chief Daniel Morguello said the department supports piloting a co-responder model but noted fiscal constraints. "If we do engage in this co-responder model, there is a cost associated ... to the tune of $250,000 for the one-year pilot,"…
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