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Baltimore council asks administration for 3‑week cost plan to stand up civilian crisis response
Summary
After testimony from Durham and Denver officials and local experts, Baltimore City Council asked the administration to produce a three‑week analysis estimating what it would cost to build a best‑in‑class civilian and clinician crisis‑response system dispatched from 911; administration noted $15,000,000 in opioid restitution funds already allocated.
Baltimore City Council convened a committee hearing to examine civilian alternative response and clinician mobile crisis models on the heels of several fatal interactions between police and people experiencing behavioral health crises. Council leadership asked the administration to deliver, within three weeks, an analysis estimating what it would take — in staffing, dispatch capability and budget — to build a citywide system that could respond to eligible 911 and 988 calls with non‑police responders or clinicians at response times comparable to police.
The hearing featured local and national testimony. Director Sarah Whaley of the Mayor’s Office of Overdose Response said Baltimore has embedded clinicians in…
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