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PHOENIX – Specialized professionals will soon handle certain mental health-related 911 emergency calls in Tempe, the East Valley city announced Friday.
Under a groundbreaking plan set to go into effect Jan. 31, police officers will no longer be dispatched when somebody is threatening self-harm unless the subject is armed or violent.
Tempe will be the first Phoenix-area city with its own response team for mental health crisis calls, according to a press release…
