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DeKalb highlights co-responder mobile crisis teams pairing officers with clinicians
Summary
Chief Greg Padrick said DeKalb County was "one of the first" to adopt a dual-response co-responder model that pairs police officers with licensed clinicians to respond to mental-health crises.
Chief Greg Padrick described a mobile crisis unit that pairs a police officer with a licensed clinician to respond together to calls involving mental-health crises. He framed the co-responder model as part of the uniform division's community engagement function and said it allows clinicians to provide on-scene clinical support.
"We were one of the first agencies to ever start a dual response model with our co responder model for mobile crisis," Padrick said, noting the unit's role in helping people facing mental-health emergencies. He said the approach is intended to bring clinical expertise to incidents and improve outcomes for individuals in crisis.
The chief did not specify staffing levels or funding sources for the mobile crisis unit during the presentation.
