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Board prolongs PERT transition, asks for operational plan and September review of mobile crisis response
Summary
Supervisors approved a staff recommendation to transition PERT (Police/Clinician Emergency Response Team) functions into the county’s Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) model, but extended the timeline and asked administration to return with a detailed operational plan and training strategy and a September briefing for further board review.
The Board of Supervisors voted June 9 to proceed with the administration’s plan to transition PERT services into the county’s Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) model, while delaying deletions and directing staff to work closely with local law enforcement to develop an operational plan and training protocols.
Why it matters: PERT is a co‑response model pairing clinicians and law enforcement to respond to high‑acuity behavioral‑health incidents; MCRT is a separate clinician‑led mobile response model. Supervisors sought…
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