Colorado Springs Law Enforcement Commission calls on city to expand mental health services
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) The Colorado Springs Law Enforcement Transparency & Accountability Commission is prepared to make its first recommendation to Colorado Springs City Council and Mayor John Suthers.
According to JJ Frazier, the chairwoman of the Colorado Springs Law Enforcement Transparency & Accountability Commission, the first recommendation focuses on mental health and the Crisis Response Team s (CRT) in Colorado Springs. Our recommendation is to expand the city s use of Crisis Response Team s to meet the needs of the city of Colorado Springs, Frazier told KRDO.
Colorado Springs currently has four Crisis Response Teams. Each made up of a paramedic, a clinician, a firefighter, and Police Officer. The commission acknowledges that the city has taken step to improve the program, expanding it three times since 2014.
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