The Omaha Police Department embeds mental health professionals in police precincts. It’s an effort to address a growing number of behavioral health calls that started with a pilot program about nine years ago.
It’s needed says Lindsay Kroll, mental health coordinator for the Omaha Police Department. She says between January and April 11, more than 4,000 calls to 911 were mental health related.
“Every year we see more and more calls come into 911 that have a behavioral health related component to it,” said Kroll, who oversees the mental health co-responder program…