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Lee's Summit staff describe co-responder program to divert mental-health calls from ERs and jail
Summary
Public-safety staff described a co-responder program pairing crisis-intervention officers with licensed behavioral-health corresponders (plainclothes, unarmed) who respond to mental-health calls; staff said calls rose from 722 in 2020 to 1,479 in 2022 and instructed residents to ask for a 'corresponder' when calling 911.
Public-safety staff outlined Lee's Summit's co-responder program — specially trained crisis-intervention officers working with licensed behavioral-health corresponders — during the committee's pre-meeting presentations.
Why it matters: Staff framed the program as a way to get people experiencing mental-health crises timely, on-scene behavioral-health assistance, and to reduce unnecessary emergency-department visits or criminal…
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