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Lee's Summit highlights police co-responder program as crisis calls climb
Summary
City presenters described a co-responder model pairing specially trained officers with licensed mental-health professionals to de-escalate crisis scenes and divert people from jails and emergency rooms; presenters cited 722 mental‑health-related calls in 2020 and 1,479 in 2022.
The Legislative & Intergovernmental Relations meeting included a presentation on Lee's Summit's co-responder program, which pairs crisis‑intervention officers with licensed mental‑health professionals to respond to behavioral-health calls.
Presenters said the co-responder model focuses on de‑escalation, safety planning and…
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