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Erie County works to transform mental health emergency response
Original: Erie County working to transform how mental health emergencies are handled
Erie County in western New York is working to change how mental health emergencies are handled, moving toward new approaches to crisis response. The effort, reported by local outlet WKBW, comes as communities nationwide rethink whether police should be the default responders to mental health calls and push for specialized crisis teams and services.
Why now: Local officials are publicly pushing reforms to mental health crisis response amid ongoing national debate over how such emergencies should be handled.
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