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Conway expands crisis response and victim services; police note fleet aging and recruitment changes
Summary
Officials said Conway’s community crisis response team (behavioral health unit) is responding to about 13–16 calls per day, the city has added a victim services coordinator with nearly 950 interactions since approval, and police described an aging fleet needing replacement.
City officials described changes to public-safety response models and ongoing operational needs for the police department during the state-of-the-city briefing.
The mayor said Conway Police made salary adjustments to retain and recruit officers and highlighted the city’s community crisis response team, which pairs trained mental‑health professionals with dispatch responses so that not every call automatically results in arrest or transport. The mayor reported the team responds to roughly 13–16 calls per day and said first‑year savings from…
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