Hartford’s crisis response team responded to over 900 calls in one year. Here’s how it works

Tryan Ty Sampson gets emotional when he thinks of all the people in Hartford who have been helped by the city’s civilian intervention team called HEARTeam, which responds to mental health emergencies instead of the police. Sampson, who lost his brother to gun violence in the city when he was in his early 20s, became … Read more

Police met to stop attending mental health calls – BBC News

May 28, 2023 Updated 10 minutes ago image source, Getty Images Image caption, The Met issued an August 31 deadline before instituting the ban Met Police will stop responding to 911 calls related to mental health incidents from September in a bid to free up resources for officers. The London force will only attend 999 … Read more