Mental health clinicians will start answering some Chicago 911 calls | The Crusader Newspaper Group

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Mental health clinicians will start answering some Chicago 911 calls | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Erik Runge, WGN Mental health professionals will soon begin responding to some Chicago 911 calls instead of Chicago police. The change is part of two pilot programs launching this fall that will pair mental health clinicians with paramedics. In one program, clinicians will be dispatched with paramedics for behavioral health calls. In the second, […]

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