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Kent County highlights behavioral health crisis center results and launches public-safety technology initiatives
Summary
Officials reported the Kent County Behavioral Health Crisis Center provided more than 7,500 interventions between May 2024 and September 2025 and described new public-safety tools including Connect Kent County real-time intelligence and a school safety radio network connecting K-12 schools directly to dispatch.
Ben Green and county officials highlighted the Kent County Behavioral Health Crisis Center and several public-safety technology initiatives intended to improve responses to behavioral health and emergency incidents.
Green said the crisis center, created in partnership with Network180 and Trinity Health Grand Rapids, provides 24/7 walk-in and law-enforcement drop-off services and offers up to 72 hours of stabilization. Between May 2024 and September 2025, Green said the center provided more than 7,500 interventions; nearly nine in 10 people…
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