The report calls for the state to mandate that any 911 call about mental health crises receives a response led by individuals trained in crisis services.
In effect for much of the area for today and tonight. For most areas, 1-2" of snow today, and 1-3" additional tonight.Daniel Prude died March 30, 2020, one week after being taken into custody by Rochester police during a mental hygiene arrest. The new report suggest statewide standards and protocols for emergency dispatchers to ensure people in crisis receive a "public health-led response.
"We want to be able to say an New Yorker, no matter where you are in this state, if you find yourself in a mental health crisis, or someone you love is in a mental health crisis, we have a system in place to answer that crisis," said State Sen. Samra Brouk. The task force's recommendations include health-led teams using standardized protocols for behavior health crisis response, a technical assistance center and area specific pilot programs.
A key tenet: making sure people in crisis receive public health-led responses without police, unless there's a threat of violence."We've seen some of the bigger cases where people have died who are in mental health crisis, and not a single police officer wants that to be on their shoulders and have that happen," said Gates Police Chief Robert Long.
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