San Antonio officers are contemplating a six-month pilot program that will enable police to divert some individuals accused of low-level offenses away from the Bexar County Jail and into psychological well being or substance use therapy as early as January.
The proposed 15-bed program would initially serve individuals accused of nonresidential prison trespassing or theft beneath $100. As an alternative of being arrested and booked into jail, eligible members may voluntarily enter therapy at an current Middle for Well being Care Companies facility at 711 E. Josephine St.
Metropolis Council’s Public Security Committee unanimously agreed Monday to ship the proposal and town’s share of its funding to the total council for consideration, the most recent step in a months-long city-county effort to develop a centralized diversion and restoration system…