Fairfax County’s 9-1-1 system could soon be dispatching teams of unarmed medical, human services and mental health workers to respond to non-violent mental and behavioral health incidents instead of police officers.
The proposal being pushed by Supervisors Rodney Lusk (Lee District) and Walter Alcorn (Hunter Mill) would mirror Eugene, Oregon’s Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS) mental health crisis intervention program that has been in place since 1989… READ MORE
