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Council hears expansion of police mental-health teams; foundation grants to fund coordinator and co-responder roles
Summary
Council discussion focused on grants to fund a full-time threat assessment coordinator and to extend behavioral health co-responder positions. Police leaders said grants will allow dedicated staff to coordinate threat assessments and expand co-responder coverage; councilors supported moving the positions into the city budget over time.
The Omaha City Council debated and heard details about philanthropic grant funding to expand police behavioral-health staffing during the May 20 meeting.
City staff said the Police Foundation and a behavioral-health foundation provided grants to fund a full-time threat assessment coordinator (item 56) and to extend a mental health crisis co-responder position (item 57). Omaha Police Department (OPD) speakers said the coordinator position would allow a staffer to fully devote time to threat-assessment processes, mitigation strategies and coordination…
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