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Flagstaff City CouncilThe city of Flagstaff has approved a $2.5 million plan to dispatch mental health professionals instead of police officers to certain calls.

It’s a three-year program that will fund behavioral health specialists and paramedics to respond to specific kinds of calls involving, for example, mental health or public intoxication.

We did it! In a few months, a behavioral health specialist and medic will respond to 9-1-1 calls around mental health and public intoxication, diverting calls that don’t require police presence. Council approved the contract with Terros Health. A defining moment for Flagstaff! …