Some are calling for an overhaul of the way mental health and behavioral health crises are handled. They believe mental health experts, not police officers, should be responding to some calls.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Some in Northeast Ohio are calling for an overhaul of the way mental health and behavioral health crises are handled. They believe mental health experts, not police officers, should be responding to some calls for service.
“With dealing with and interacting with marginalized communities, black and brown communities, it could become extremely disastrous and dangerous, in terms of police interaction,” they said. “It offers comfort to both the family, as well as to the individual experiencing that crisis, that it's not a legal issue,” said Scott Osiecki, the CEO of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County.
Osiecki said the growing awareness of mental illness and addiction disorders, combined with the availability of the new services make now an ideal time to pursue a care response program in Cuyahoga County.
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