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Daly City Council approves Measure Q funds to create police mental-health crisis response unit
Summary
The council unanimously approved using $318,617 in Measure Q funds to staff a two-person police mental-health crisis response unit, following a two-year county-run pilot the city says reduced involuntary psychiatric detentions by about 17 percent.
Daly City’s City Council voted unanimously July 22 to establish a permanent police mental-health crisis response unit, approving the use of $318,617 in Measure Q funds to hire two full‑time clinicians and buy two dedicated vehicles. The department estimates the unit will cost about $578,617 annually; $260,000 of that amount was already budgeted for the current fiscal year.
Police Department staff told the council the unit would include a crisis response supervisor and a crisis response clinician who would work in a co‑response model with officers, monitoring police radio and…
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