Less than one-third of calls to the LAPD involving people experiencing a mental health crisis are being handled by a co-response team that includes a mental health clinician alongside a sworn offic…
LOS ANGELES — Less than one-third of calls to the Los Angeles Police Department involving people experiencing a mental health crisis are being handled by athat includes a mental health clinician alongside a sworn officer, Police Chief Michel Moore told the Board of Police Commissioners Tuesday
Of more than 31,000 calls related to mental health that the department received since then, the SMART team was only able to respond to 10,000. “By no means are we handling even the majority of cases with those multi-disciplinary teams,” Moore said. “Those are resources that need to grow.” Of the 131 cases reviewed by the department’s Case Assessment and Management Program, 52 people were referred to the county’s department of mental health for additional follow-up, 39 were voluntarily linked to services, 19 refused service, 10 were unable to be located, eight were diverted to mandated mental health programs through the court system, two remain open and one was conserved.
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