The program aims to create safer outcomes for vulnerable residents during a mental or behavioral crisis.
Cops in three more New Jersey towns will have the backup of mental health professionals when responding to 911 calls for a behavioral health crisis under the expansion of a statewide pilot program designed to reduce fatal police encounters.Wednesday that police departments in East Brunswick, South River and Cranbury have joined the statewide initiative designed to deescalate encounters between police and citizens – and ultimately prevent the use of deadly force.
As of October, the ARRIVE Together program is active in 209 municipalities, across the state’s 21 counties — serving approximately 55% of the state’s 9.3 million residents, according to data from the Office of the Attorney General. Community activists have been calling for law enforcement to involve mental health professionals in the 911 response for years.
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