The program involves a state trooper driving with a mental health screener to respond to calls where people are in crisis to de-escalate, direct them to help and services, and avoid arrests if there’s no criminal activity.
"We know that they are the cases that result most frequently in uses of force and tragically uses of lethal force," Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.
Some situations still require uniformed law enforcement to respond first before the pair can go in and deescalate. "The model before was when individuals were in crisis they were encouraged to come to the emergency room and/or they were arrested," Smith said. "What’s happening now is we see that 90% of the people that we’re serving stays in the community, and that leaves them feeling very good about mental health services as well as feeling very positive about law enforcement and their role.
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