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Residents press council for accountability and faster Tri City coordination after Tri City mobile‑crisis briefing
Summary
Tri City Mental Health presented details of its mobile crisis response to the Claremont City Council; in public comment, family members and residents demanded answers about why those services were not used in the November encounter that left Diego Rios dead and urged quicker formal coordination, dispatcher training and disciplinary transparency for involved officers.
Claremont — Anson Placide, executive director of Tri City Mental Health, told the City Council on March 10 that Tri City’s mobile crisis care team has operated 24/7 since July 1, 2024, serving Pomona, La Verne and Claremont and responding to roughly 394 referrals in the current eight‑month reporting period. "We operate 24/7," Placide said, describing a core staff of seven that is supplemented by rotational clinical staff and a triage process that prioritizes safety before on‑site assessment.
The presentation, which described triage, assessment and care‑coordination practices, drew repeated public comment asking why Tri City was not contacted during the Nov. 28 encounter in which Claremont resident Diego Rios died. "If Claremont maintains crisis response partnerships for behavioral‑health emergencies, why were those services not requested when officers encountered someone clearly in distress?" Victor Rios, Diego’s brother, asked during…
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