LAPD Chief Michel Moore says the department is only able to handle between 20% and 25% of mental health calls with mental health response teams, saying the department lacks resources and staff.
crisis are being handled by a co-response team that includes a mental health clinician alongside a sworn officer, Police Chief Michel Moore told the Board of Police Commissioners Tuesday.
Of more than 31,000 calls related to mental health that the department received since then, the SMART team was only able to respond to 10,000. "By no means are we handling even the majority of cases with those multidisciplinary teams," Moore said. "Those are resources that need to grow."LAPD Chief Michel Moore says the department needs more than 170 officers to meet its budgeted target.LAPD facing challenges as department is down 800 officers, city sees rise in homicides, robberies
Of the 131 cases reviewed by the department's Case Assessment and Management Program, 52 people were referred to the county's department of mental health for additional follow-up, 39 were voluntarily linked to services, 19 refused service, 10 were unable to be located, eight were diverted to mandated mental health programs through the court system, two remain open and one was conserved.
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