Pearland council approves crisis co-response team with Gulf Coast Center
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Summary
Council approved an interlocal agreement with the Gulf Coast Center to create a crisis co-response team pairing a Pearland police officer with a Gulf Coast Center mental-health professional; the center funds the clinician while the city provides the officer. The resolution passed 6–0.
The Pearland City Council voted March 23 to approve an interlocal agreement with the Gulf Coast Center to establish a crisis co-response team that pairs one sworn Pearland police officer with a certified mental-health professional.
City staff described the arrangement as a grant-funded program in which the Gulf Coast Center will fund the mental-health personnel and the city will provide the police officer. The team is intended to bring additional behavioral-health resources to certain calls for service so officers have access to clinical expertise in the field.
"It'll create a crisis co-response team. That unit consists of one sworn Pearland Police officer, as well as working alongside a certified mental health professional," staff said during the consent-item presentation.
Council members expressed support, noting the approach helps officers and residents and builds on prior discussions about mental-health resources in Pearland and Brazoria County. The resolution (R2026-62) passed unanimously, 6–0.
Staff will coordinate implementation with the Gulf Coast Center and provide operational details to council as the program stands up.
