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Richmond to launch pilot crisis response program, taking police off certain calls

By Erika Zaro | September 24, 2023 | 2
A screenshot of a draft report by the Urban Strategies Council marked: Implementation of the Community Crisis Response Program in Richmond CA July 2023.

Richmond City Council took a big step this month toward an alternative emergency response program that would give residents an option to calling the police. Expected to start in August as an 18-month pilot, the Community Crisis Response Program will serve as a non-police emergency service, responding to mental health or low-level emergency 911 calls…

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