Clinicians Being Implemented Into 911 Response Model
El Paso began placing clinicians at their 911 centers in order to better respond to mental health calls. Emergence Health Network – a local agency that provides mental health services – has 16 clinicians stationed at the El Paso Regional Communications Center in Northeast, working on the same floor as 911 call takers. The clinicians, who started […]
Police Reform for Washington State
The Washington state Legislature is proposing a sweeping police reform package that would include a de-escalation process, an independent investigative body for use of deadly force and a ban on certain police tactics. Along with pandemic relief, police reform and racial justice are top priorities this session, Senate majority leader Andy Billig, D-Spokane, said in […]