Mental health professionals graduating from college may not anticipate wearing a bulletproof vest to work every day, but that’s exactly what clinicians on Aurora’s Crisis Response Team are required to do. MicahSmith_TV reports
AURORA, Colo. – Mental health professionals graduating from college may not anticipate wearing a bulletproof vest to work every day, but that’s exactly what clinicians on Aurora’s Crisis Response Team are required to do.
On Sunday, Aurora police officers shot and killed a man who was allegedly threatening RTD bus riders with a knife. “It's really hard to say if in that exact moment, a crisis response team unit would have been dispatched. I wasn't there to hear the call notes or hear the air on the radio. But what I will say is, our programs are best utilized when the primary concern for call for service is mental health,” Tassin said.
“Currently, we are grant-funded for our crisis response team, we're very thankful and lucky to have received the grants that we have,” Tassin said. “But the city is looking at funding this program and creating a more sustainable source of funding.”
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