Yup. I’m glad they’re trying. Learning will occur. We’ll start getting more data instead of just speculation about this type of program.
From a program in Montana:
“… Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer also noticed the benefits after two mental health professionals started to respond to 911 calls in Bozeman and the surrounding area in 2019. Although deputies in his department are trained in crisis intervention, he says that goes only so far.
"When I hear deputies say the mental health provider is a godsend, or they came in and were able to extend the capabilities of the response, that means something to me," Springer says. "And I hear that routinely now."
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...-mental-health