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Resident tells council emergency responders escalated a Feb. 21 mental-health call; asks for co-responder model
Summary
A Normal resident told the council he was confronted by police and EMTs during a Feb. 21 mental-health welfare check, said responders pressed him physically and legally to go to a hospital, and urged adoption of a co-responder model pairing mental-health professionals with first responders.
At the end of the March 3 meeting, resident Nate Anderson described a February 21 incident in which three police officers and emergency medical technicians arrived at his home after an anonymous report. Anderson said officers pounded on his door, an ambulance blocked his driveway and EMTs brought a stretcher onto his porch.
"I was not in crisis," Anderson said. He told council the…
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