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Snoqualmie committee discusses restoring mental-health professional role; staff outlines costs and funding options
Summary
Committee reviewed data on crisis-intervention calls and involuntary commitments, heard cost estimates ($151k–$184k) to restore a mental-health professional/community co-responder post, and discussed funding options including a competitive state grant, a 0.1% public-safety sales tax, or reallocating services.
The Snoqualmie Public Safety Committee on Dec. 1 discussed restoring a mental-health professional (MHP) or behavioral health specialist to assist police with crisis-intervention calls and follow-up services.
Chief Jerese said the department responds to crisis-intervention calls and is aiming for 100% compliance with the 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) class (currently just over 50% completed). He reported historical crisis-call volumes for Snoqualmie of 354 in 2023 and 351 in 2024; for 2025 he cited roughly 30 calls coded as…
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