An innovative Minneapolis program tapping unarmed mental health workers to respond to some 911 calls is in limbo five years after the city launched it to better help people in crisis and reduce police use of force.
The behavioral crisis response team program faces new scrutiny over poor city oversight and disagreement among city leaders over which vendor should run the program. A new audit this week found a series of red flags, including a lack of documentation that made it difficult to assess what services the city was paying for…