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County supervisor outlines Fullerton police behavioral-health clinician program, cites CalAIM street-medicine expansion
Summary
Orange County Supervisor presented the history and goals of Fullerton Police Department—s embedded behavioral-health clinician program, describing three aims (community services, public safety, officer well-being), staffing as city employees, licensing constraints, and pending CalAIM-backed "street medicine" funding that could expand nighttime response by year—nd.
Supervisor Chaffee told the Fullerton City Council on Feb. 17 that the behavioral-health clinician program in the Fullerton Police Department began from a community-policing concept developed about a decade ago and has since become a model for embedding behavioral-health specialists directly within the department. He said the program has three primary goals: provide services that would not otherwise be available when police receive behavioral-health calls; improve public safety by keeping officers on patrol for core duties; and support officer well-being by giving staff specialists to handle complex social-service needs.
Chaffee said the clinicians are department employees (not contractors) working under…
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