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Calvert County OKs agreement to link 988 crisis line, 911 dispatch and mobile crisis team
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners approved a memorandum of agreement to integrate the 988 suicide-prevention lifeline, 911 emergency dispatch and the county’s mobile crisis team to route low-acuity behavioral-health calls to specialized responders.
The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners on July 15 approved a memorandum of agreement to integrate the federal 988 crisis line, local 911 dispatch and the county’s mobile crisis team and authorized the board president to sign the agreement.
County Director of Public Safety Steve McDowell and Communications Chief Stanley Harris presented the memorandum, saying the agreement is intended to route low-acuity behavioral-health calls to trained mental-health counselors or the mobile crisis team instead of defaulting to police or EMS responses.
Why it matters: Integrating 988, 911 and the mobile crisis team is intended to connect people in behavioral-health crises with the most appropriate resource quickly, reduce unnecessary deployment of law enforcement or emergency medical services and improve follow-up care.
The presenters described how the systems…
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