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What if mental health workers responded to emergency calls? | Leslie Herod
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:10:05
Publish Date: 2021-03-15 15:12:49
Description: When you report an emergency in the US, police, firefighters or paramedics answer the call. What if mental health professionals responded, too? Colorado State Representative Leslie Herod shares a straightforward and research-backed approach that brings heart and humanity to criminal justice rather than unnecessary fines and arrests -- and keeps crises from escalating into traumatic, or even deadly, events.
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