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Brownsburg Police expand crisis-intervention team after rising mental-health calls
Summary
Brownsburg Police Department said it launched a crisis-intervention team in late 2023 and now fields 14 shift officers and one traffic officer trained to respond to mental-health crises; department reported 117 mental-health calls in 2024 and 18 in the first two months of 2025.
Brownsburg Police Department officials reported March 11 that a crisis-intervention team created in late 2023 now includes 14 shift officers and one traffic officer trained to respond to mental-health crises and related calls for service.
Major Andy Watts told the Police Commission the initial training is a 40-hour classroom course with role-playing, and officers also have the option to complete a four-hour observation at a…
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