Georgetown police address mental health crises with intervention team

Mental health calls up 52 percent

  • Public Safety Operations and Training Center in Georgetown houses the police department and other first responders. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)
    Public Safety Operations and Training Center in Georgetown houses the police department and other first responders. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)
    Georgetown’s Assistant Police Chief Roland Waits said the department is upping their game when it comes to mental health calls and improving as first responders. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a mental health crisis is “any situation in which a person’s behavior puts them at risk of hurting themselves or others and/ or prevents them from being able to ca...

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