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Committee lays out 2026 public‑safety priorities: mental‑health services, EMS financing, detox and a new public safety building
Summary
Committee members and department heads emphasized mental‑health and substance‑use treatment access, a proposed detox/crisis stabilization facility, a new public safety building, EMS financing changes and measures to track safety outcomes as top priorities for 2026.
Tompkins County Public Safety Committee members used their Dec. 9 meeting to sketch a set of priorities they want the county to pursue in 2026: expanding mental‑health and substance‑use treatment and diversion programs, finishing a planned detox/crisis stabilization facility (if possible), advancing a new public safety building, and developing measurable safety indicators to show whether recent investments are reducing harm.
Multiple members and department heads said limited inpatient mental‑health capacity and reduced access…
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