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DeSoto moving toward city‑based crisis response team for mental‑health 9‑1‑1 calls, chief says
Summary
Chief Joe Costa said the department is piloting a city-based crisis response team to handle mental-health–related 9‑1‑1 calls, led by Sergeant Summers; the unit will include plainclothes officers with conspicuous badges and is intended as a DeSoto pilot rather than a regional team.
Chief Joe Costa said the DeSoto Police Department is developing a crisis-response team to handle mental-health emergency calls and that Sergeant Summers will oversee the effort.
At the town hall, a resident asked whether the city is moving toward a specialized team for mental-health 9‑1‑1 responses. Costa said…
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