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County update: mobile response team expands; 988, 911 and dispatch integrations increase referrals
Summary
Douglas County Emergency Communications and Bert Nash presented an update April 9 on the Mobile Response Team (MRT). Agencies report rapid growth in MRT deployments, integrated dispatching via ECC and a statewide funding mix that includes county subsidy and declining state support.
Douglas County Emergency Communications (ECC) and Bert Nash Crisis Services gave the county commission an update April 9 on the mobile response team (MRT), a civilian crisis response unit dispatched via 988, non‑emergency lines and 911.
Sonia Baeza, deputy director for ECC, described a phased rollout that began in July 2024 with the Lawrence Police Department and later expanded to other law enforcement agencies and fire/EMS partners. She said ECC and partners implemented triage protocols and began equipping MRT with radios in March 2025 to streamline on‑scene communications with…
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