More 911 mental health calls are going to an NYPD alternative, but police still handle most
A growing number of 911 calls involving people in the midst of a mental health crisis is being routed to B-HEARD, a program that sends out teams of social workers and emergency medical technicians rather than police. The program responded to nearly 15,000 calls last fiscal year, up from about 7,000 the previous year, even as its planned geographic expansion stalled, according to the latest...
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