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Cedar Hill Police to internalize CARES follow‑up work; victim services coordinator to lead outreach
Summary
With Dallas County grant funding ended, Cedar Hill will move mental‑health follow‑up from the regional CARES team into city staff. Officer Rollins will return to patrol while training PACT officers; Jessica Caldeel will handle follow‑up calls beginning in May.
Chief Eli Riaz briefed the City Council on April 22 about planned changes to Cedar Hill’s mental‑health response after a regional grant supporting the CARES team expired.
The shift does not end the city’s follow‑up work for people taken into protective custody after mental‑health crises, Riaz said. “We’ll continue immediate follow‑up,” he said, but the work will be done by Cedar Hill staff rather than by the regional CARES program that had been funded by Dallas County.
Why it matters: Dallas County’s grant that helped fund the regional CARES team ran out last year, and other partner cities reduced or ended participation. The council heard that continuing as a regional…
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