Shaker Heights aims to help with mental health emergencies
A new program matches police and firefighters with a Northeast Ohio hospital system.
Source: wkyc.com
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A new program matches police and firefighters with a Northeast Ohio hospital system.
In 2019, more than one in seven calls received by the Shaker Heights Police Department were related to mental health — over 5,000 mental health calls
The logic of programs like these are clear. Police are trained to investigate violent crime and property crime. They are not trained to provide people with support during mental health and addiction crises like social workers are.