Urbana Forming New Crisis Response Team
(Urbana, IL) — Urbana’s Police Department is forming a new crisis response team. The crisis co-responder team will pair a behavioral health detective with a mental health professional who will respond to 911 calls. The one-year pilot program will give help to people having a behavioral or mental health crisis. Mayor Diane Marlin says the city is experiencing a crisis because of gun violence.
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10-05-2021 00:12:22
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