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Monrovia’s SGB care team reports hundreds of contacts, wins county award for community policing
Summary
Police and community-policing staff reported that Monrovia’s SGB care program has engaged roughly 367 unique individuals, performed nearly 400 follow-ups and delivered 174 resource referrals in about 18 months; the team will receive a Los Angeles County Peace Officers Association Centurion Award for team excellence in community policing.
The Monrovia City Council on Sept. 16 received an update on the San Gabriel Valley SGB Care program, a multidisciplinary alternative‑response initiative that pairs community policing officers with social‑service professionals to respond to nonviolent mental‑health, behavioral‑health and substance‑use crises.
Program overview and outcome metrics: Police Captain John Doncic told the council that SGB Care — the San Gabriel Valley "Suicide Assistance Response and Engagement" program operated regionally through the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (COG) — launched preliminarily in 2022 and became fully operational in February…
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