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Norristown residents press chief for co‑responder mental‑health team and clearer police policies
Summary
Town‑hall attendees urged Chief Trail to reinstate or establish a mental‑health co‑responder program, publish use‑of‑force policies (Lexipol), and act on a 95‑recommendation CPSM study; the chief pledged grant pursuit, Lexipol policy management and accreditation steps.
Residents at a Feb. 4 Norristown town hall pressed Mayor and Police Chief Trail to expand crisis‑response options and to make police policies more explicit after video circulated showing a police cruiser strike a man.
Speakers repeatedly called for a mental‑health co‑responder program that pairs clinicians with officers. Chief Trail said the department is pursuing grant funding and vendor contracts to bring a co‑responder program to Norristown and described prior grant work: at one point a PCCD…
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