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DeKalb council funds police social-work co-response pilot for another year
Summary
The council approved Resolution 2026-006 to fund Northwestern Medicine/Ben Gordon Center’s police social-work co-response program for one year; presenters said the pilot produced higher co-responses and a 15% reduction in transports to emergency departments during the tested month.
The DeKalb City Council on Jan. 12 approved one year of funding to fully support police social workers assigned to co-respond with DeKalb Police Department officers, a partnership run by Northwestern Medicine’s Ben Gordon Center.
Sabrina Nicholson, director of Northwestern Medicine Behavioral Health Services and the local Ben Gordon Center, told the council the program’s pilot months showed that when a dedicated officer was paired…
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