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Council votes to route mental-health co-response through Fire Department first despite objections
Summary
On a 6–2 vote, Detroit City Council approved language routing mental-health co-response through the Fire Department first, a proposal proponents called a best practice and opponents said should remain in DPD; lawmakers asked for finalized language to clarify responsibilities and safety protocols.
Member Gabriela Santiago Romero moved to coordinate Police, Fire and administration so that mental-health co-response would go through the Fire Department first; she called the approach a best practice intended to reduce harmful outcomes when police respond to behavioral-health calls.
The motion prompted substantive pushback. Pro Tem Coleman A. Young II and Member Angela Whitfield Callaway both objected,…
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