The Chula Vista Police Department and their Chief of Police Roxana Kennedy joined Fletcher at the announcement Thursday. Her department was an early adopter of dispatching MCRT through their 911 dispatchers.A dispatcher from the Chula Vista Police Department also gave testimony about her experiences diverting mental health crisis calls to the county's crisis response teams.
"When someone is experiencing a behavioral health crisis, our teams of clinicians, case managers and peer staff that are trained to respond to a behavioral health crisis meet the person in the community where they live," said Christian Hodges, a clinical director with county MCRT contractor Telecare and member of the teams responding.
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