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Broken Arrow police and fire update pilot mental‑health response program after six months: officials report early successes
Summary
City officials briefed council on a six‑month pilot that pairs embedded mental‑health navigators and crisis‑response care coordinators with fire and police teams; they reported dozens of contacts, multiple successful referrals to treatment and plans to request continued funding.
Broken Arrow public safety leaders told the City Council Wednesday that a six‑month pilot program pairing the fire and police departments with community mental‑health providers has connected dozens of residents to services, cleared patrol resources and produced several documented success stories.
Assistant Fire Chief Mark Stewart and Major Steven Garrett reported on two linked efforts: CareLink, a partnership between the fire department and Family & Children Services that embeds a navigator in the public‑safety complex; and a crisis‑response team supplied by Grand Mental Health that provides care coordinators attached to police shifts. “We…
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