Summary
Suffolk Fire & Rescue and Western Tidewater teamed up to send a paramedic and a mental health professional to crisis calls, avoiding police custody orders and freeing officers for other work. It ran on 40 hours a week and still handled 382 calls last year.
At a glance
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Last discussed May 20, 2026.
Impact analysis
Western Tidewater reimburses the program's personnel costs; the city only pays for the fire captain coordinator.
People in mental health crisis, police officers freed from ECO transports, and elderly residents served by the mobile integrated health arm.
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