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Lee's Summit spotlights co-responder teams for crisis mental-health calls
Summary
During a city briefing, presenters described a co-responder model that pairs specially trained officers with licensed mental‑health professionals in plain clothes to de‑escalate crisis scenes, connect residents to services and divert people from emergency rooms and jails. Call volume rose from 722 in 2020 to 1,479 in 2022.
Lee's Summit highlighted the city's co-responder intervention program in a community briefing ahead of the Finance & Budget Committee meeting.
A department presenter described the Scribe Intervention/Co-responder Team Program as officers specially trained to de-escalate crisis situations who now respond alongside licensed mental-health professionals. The co-responders "wear plain clothes" and "don't…
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