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Police responses to mental health crisis calls are reexamined

Chin Tung Tan

October 04, 2022 |

News21 |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

GRAND Mental Health’s iPad Program connects people who may be experiencing a crisis with trained mental health professionals rather than law enforcement by video chatting on iPads. GRAND Mental Health, which serves 12 counties, has distributed more than 10,200 iPads in six years. They have distributed about 8,500 of them to clients and nearly 1,700 to first responders and hospital personnel.

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