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Community Medical Center reports hundreds of mobile-crisis encounters and early opioid-respite results
Summary
Community Medical Center told Stockton council the mobile crisis response team handled more than 1,800 calls in the quarter (432 new calls) and reported service outcomes including 378 respite-bed days and steps to increase police referrals. Police said emotionally disturbed calls have trended down during the quarter.
Community Medical Center (CMC) staff gave the City Council a quarterly update on the Mobile Community Response Team (MCRT) and opioid-settlement-funded respite services July 9.
Project manager Lindsay Lopez reported the MCRT logged a little more than 1,800 calls during the quarter, of which 432 were new requests for service. Many initial responses were telephonic de-escalation (roughly 1,100 calls), with 1,377 follow-up contacts and a routine 7-day/30-day follow-up schedule. Lopez said the program aims to offer 2—4 encounters on average per initial call with licensed clinicians and case management available when appropriate.
Lopez highlighted ZIP-code concentrations for service (95207 had about 461 calls in the quarter) and noted the program recorded demographic data on callers and outcomes: 168 individuals were assessed for suicide or harm risk; 399 encounters were recorded as —declined/unable to engage—. She presented case studies of two clients who connected to housing and ongoing care after MCRT engagement.
Alfonso Apu, CMC chief behavioral health officer, summarized opioid-respite services at 201 North Stanislaus Street: the facility provides a 14-day mild withdrawal/respite program with up to 14-bed capacity and onsite wraparound services. Apu said CMC provided 378 bed days across the quarter, served 35 individuals (27 male, 8 female), and placed several clients into longer-term recovery programs; he said 54% of those admitted completed 14 days and many continued outpatient services.
Captain Bradley Burrell of Stockton Police Department described the partnership with CMC and cited early data showing a decline in police calls classified as emotionally disturbed during the quarter, including a month-to-month decrease he measured in the February—2024 period. Council members thanked CMC and OVP for the partnership and encouraged continued coordination with PD and county partners. This was an informational item; no council action was required.
