The Other First Responder: Mental Health in Partnership with Police
In a recent article on our Catalyst Substack, titled. “A Growing Trend in Modern Policing: First-Responders in Mental Health Emergencies,” we examined how police officers have increasingly become the default first responders to behavioral health crises, and how law enforcement is partnering with mental health providers to more effectively respond. That article focused primarily on the law enforcement perspective and was informed by a podcast we did with Edwardsville, Illinois, Police Chief Michael Fillback, and how his department is transforming responses to behavioral health emergencies via…
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