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Department to train community paramedics to initiate some 5150 holds as street teams expand
Summary
Assistant Deputy Chief Sandy Tong said community paramedicine and street crisis teams will be trained to initiate 5150 psychiatric holds in phased fashion, removing some reliance on police; commissioners discussed data on frequent callers and homelessness-related calls.
Assistant Deputy Chief Sandy Tong told the commission that, as the local EMS authority transitions and the department expands community paramedicine, the city will phase in authority for community paramedics and rescue captains to initiate certain 5150 psychiatric holds.
"This will happen either on the street crisis response team initially, with the wellness. All the community paramedics will be trained to be able to provide, or to be able to, put somebody on a…
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