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DPH: BERT interventions rise while use-of-force incidents fall 52% over four years
Summary
DPH security director Basil Price reported that the Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT) has expanded services across emergency departments and clinics, completed training for private security ambassadors, and contributed to a 52% decrease in hospital use-of-force incidents over four years; most BERT interventions occurred without law enforcement involvement.
Basil Price, DPH director of security, updated the Health Commission on the department’s Security Management Plan and BERT activity. "Over the past 4 years, use of force has actually decreased by 52%," Price said while reviewing BERT metrics, staffing progress and clinic safety-ambassador placements.
Price reported filling the majority of BERT…
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