Embedding behavioral health professionals reduces involuntary detentions and improves public safety.
Embedding behavioral health professionals in a 911 call center provides important public health and public safety benefits, mainly by reducing the likelihood of involuntary detentions and arrests, as well as officers' average length of time on scene.
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