The pilot program will send a police officer, a clinician and a paramedic out to certain 911 calls involving mental health.
that police officers aren’t needed on these calls. But Center for Health Care Services CEO Jelynne LeBlanc Jamison said for a small percentage of calls, a law enforcement presence is required, for everyone’s safety.
STRAC, along with Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, will collect similar metrics to measure SA Core’s results, Epley said. They will also track calls that could have received a SA Core response, but are outside of the central substation’s service area, to help gauge citywide need for possible future program expansion.
Police reform groups, including Texas Center for Justice & Equity and ACT 4 SA, have called for the creation of a community advisory group to oversee the pilot, review the metrics and make recommendations for improvement. Such boards have been formed in other cities that have similar multidisciplinary response teams.
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